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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 00:02, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
... that sons of
Pyotr Rumyantsev turned down the offer of palace built at public expense to honour their father, in preference for a public monument(pictured)? Source: "At first, the emperor tried to persuade Rumyantsev’s sons to abandon the idea of installing an obelisk in exchange for building a palace at public expense. But they refused." (
[1])
Converted from a redirect by
Spokoyni (
talk). Self-nominated at 15:42, 30 June 2019 (UTC).
Well sourced article (though all the sources are in Russian), neutral, and meeting length requirements. Hook could use some grammatical touching up.
alphalfalfa(
talk) 20:22, 30 June 2019 (UTC)