I accidentally found this quest, I would like to clarify a few things. To start with the coat of arms, I would suggest a greater reliance on the Bible, as mentioned here, but in the coat of arms. In particular, "Samson fights the lion" is sufficiently ambiguous in its essence that the lion was both a symbol of power and a symbol of victory over the Swedes, who at that time used the lion symbol as well. In St. Petersburg, they love this.
In the slogans, without further ado, I decided to take "Per aspera ad astra" aka "Through the thorns to the stars", again, a lot of meanings and symbolism for supporters of the deep meaning search syndrome.
I would also clarify a few details that are important to me.
- The first higher educational institution in Russia is the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy established in 1687. This is a humanitarian university with a share of theology.
- St. Petersburg is a city of nobles, and the nobles in the first half of the 1700s are not the nobles of the 1800s. This is a very young active class, which not only actively absorbs people from other strata of society (except for the peasants, of course), it is enough that 30% of the nobles in 1730 have an aristocratic status for their merits, but also, first of all, the "service class". In a literal sense, shortly before the start of the quest, except for disability or youth, it was forbidden by law to leave the military or bureaucratic service. By the time of the quest, this is "only" 25 years of service for every noble without exception.
- As a result, there are several higher educational institutions for the army in St. Petersburg. Naval Academy, Land Cadet Corps, Artillery School, Medical School. All of them, including a pack of secondary schools, are aimed at satisfying the needs of a huge army in various specialists, from logisticians to gunners. In fact, this is a military higher education for its time.
- No banking is possible in this historical period for the banal reason-the loan is prohibited by law. The state itself is engaged in loans, but private individuals only in 1744 will give the right to loans at a maximum of 6% per annum.
- St. Petersburg can sink. This is a city that actively sinks from time to time in one form or another. The nearest date is August 28, 1744, the water rises by 2 meters and will flood several hundred meters of coastal territory.
- It is strange that no one thought of such a banal cover for the hospital as a different form - the apothecary's yard. That is, a small estate with a garden filled with a variety of plants for the operation of the pharmacy. In the end, the spirit of the times and the peculiarities tell us that Herbal Medicine.