"Колумбы Росские, презрев угрюмый рок, Меж льдами новый путь отворят на восток, И наша досягнет в Америку держава."
— Mikhail Lomonosov

January 1, 1970

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Пётр Великий, героическая поэма ('Peter the Great, A Heroic Poem'; 1760) Canto 1. Translated by Vladimir Nabokov (1951–57) Verses and Versions (USA: Harcourt, 2008) p. 27