March 31, 2024

Alexander Menshikov

Russia Post released a stamp to celebrate 350th Birth Anniversary of A. Menshikov (1673–1729),  depicting his portrait against the background of the Menshikov Palace (State Hermitage Museum) in St. Petersburg. Alexander Menshikov (1673-1729) was a Russian statesman and military figure, a duke (1702), a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1705), His Serene Highness the Prince of Izhora (1707).


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