Excerpts from a RIA Novosti online conference...
a mounted lancer smiting a dragon. Significantly, there is no nimbus around the rider's head. He did not begin to be identified with St. George until as late as the beginning of the 18th century. The documents of the 16th and 17th centuries, on the contrary, refer to him as a Rider of Light, and occasionally a Sovereign, Rider or Lancer (kopeishchik in Russian). The kopek coin owes its name to the latter word.Q: Why did Russian experts on heraldry turn to history instead of inventing entirely new national symbols?
A: Russian history goes back many centuries. Throughout those centuries, this country has always had its symbols. The two-headed eagle stood for Russian power from the late 15th century until the early 20th century. It was the symbol of the Grand Duchy of Muscovy, the Moscow Czardom, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, established by the February Revolution of 1917, and Soviet Russia before it adopted a new coat-of-arms in 1924. Many extant documents
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25.04.2012