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Russian Columbuses, despising gloomy fate,
shall open a new path mid ice floes to the east,
and to America our empire shall extend.

— Mikhail Lomonosov

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

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