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Official Russian Empire coat of arms Smolensk Governorate.

Герб Российской Империи Смоленской губернии в Гербовнике МВД. Утверждён Императором Всероссийским Александром Вторым.

Date

1856 / 1880 (published)

Source

"Гербы губерний и областей Российской Империи".

Отпечатано по распоряжению министра внутренних дел. Санкт-Петербург: Картографическое заведение А.А. Ильина и типография Министерства путей сообщения А. Бенке, 1880.

/ Scanned on paper album

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