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            17791 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. Persons 
                     
                                    Catherine II, Empress
                        Konstantin Pavlovich, Grand Prince Paul (Pavel) I, Emperor  | 
            
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