File:TSRailwaysCoin.jpg

DescriptionTSRailwaysCoin.jpg	English: Russian medal minted on the occasion of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Railways
Date	19th century date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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По периметру лицевой части медали надпись: «Николай I, достойный преемник Петра Великого, ввел в России железные дороги». Под группой, изображавшей Николая I, Минерву и Петра I, надпись: «Первая железная дорога от Санкт-Петербурга до Павловска открыта 30 октября 1837 года». На обратной стороне медали в центре изображен паровоз, под ним слова: «Основатели первой железной дороги: граф Алексей Бобринский, Бенедикт Крамер и И.К.Плитт», а по периметру: «Строителем первой железной дороги был Франц Герстнер, родом чех, единоплеменный россиянам». Из-за того, что 30 октября была открыта дорога только из Санкт-Петербурга до Царского Села, медаль никому не вручалась (видимо, по распоряжению Николая I).[1] archive copy at the Wayback Machine