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1779

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/Chronicle of three centuries/1776 - 1800

27 April. Grand Duke Constantin Pavlovich, the second child in the family of Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, was born in Tsarskoye Selo.
1 January. Catherine II's Decree "About the Foundation of the Saint Petersburg Gubernia Including Seven Uyezds" was published. Sophia Town was founded. Sophia Toun's coat of arms, the double-headed eagle on the red field of a shield, was established on 7 May 1780. On the eagle's breast there was the Maltese Cross. The eagle held a torch in one clutch and an anchor in the another one.

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Catherine II, Empress
Konstantin Pavlovich, Grand Prince
Paul (Pavel) I, Emperor