Medal for Distinction Alexander I 1816
Medal is a copy made to resemble the original
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This medal was awarded only once. Thus, the first recipient of this medal was Popov, a Pentecostal of the Astrakhan Cossack army. In March 1816, he received a silver medal on the Anninsky ribbon for “a double donation he made to the state treasury.” There were no more awards during the reign of Alexander I
In total, during the reign of Nicholas I, as far as is now known, there were 4 awards. Two gold medals on the Anninskaya ribbon in July 1830 were received by pandur captain Ioanits Zhugrav and lieutenant Alexander Mochuchuk, “in reward for the courage shown in the past war against the Turks.” After that, this medal was awarded exclusively to cultural figures. In 1847, the Italian singer Giovanni Batista Rubini received a gold medal on St. Andrew's ribbon, decorated with diamonds, and in 1852 another singer, Antonio Tamburini, received the same medal
Five people are known to have been awarded this medal under Alexander II. In 1857, the Italian opera singer Luigi Lablache received a gold medal on the St. Andrew's ribbon, in 1859 the Italian tenor Enrico Tamberlik was awarded the same medal, and in 1862 another tenor, Enrico Calzolari, was awarded. Twice, in 1861 and 1871, the Russian actor Ivan Ivanovich Sosnitsky was awarded, and in 1876 the Russian opera singer Osip Afanasyevich Petrov received the medal.
During the reign of Alexander III, artists of the imperial theaters were awarded. Very few medals were issued, and it is known that in May 1882 one gold medal was transferred from the office of His Imperial Majesty to a jeweler for decoration with diamonds. After 1883, this medal was no longer awarded.
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