Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Opening of the Second Ladoga Canal 1866, by Pavel Brunitsyn Hold a story that stirs and

a story that stirs and shakes and sometimes shames the Canadian reader

each featuring identification on the reverse

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Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Opening of the Second Ladoga Canal 1866, by Pavel Brunitsyn Hold a story that stirs andConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander II, circumscribed by an inscription of I 1861 . 1866 . (THE SECOND LADOGA CANAL BEGAN IN 1861. OPENED IN 1866.), the reverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Peter I (the Great), circumscribed by an inscription of I 1719 . 1731 . (THE FIRST LADOGA CANAL BEGAN IN 1719. OPENED IN 1731.), the obverse engraver marked with the dedication