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| | Tsarskoe Selo - The Parks - Island Hall, Rostral Column and Turkish Bath |
 | | "On the 26th of the same month all this fleet was burnt in the port of Chesma by Rear Admiral Greig, with a detachment of the conquering fleet on the 2-4th November 1770, in the presence of the leader of the Russian force, General Count Orlov. |
 | | After a landing had been made on the island of Mitilene, the enemy put to flight, and the district with the dockyards taken, the remains of the Turkish Fleet, consisting of two ships of line, seventy gun ships, and a magazine of various stores and instruments, were burnt". |
 | | To the basis are attached three bronze bas reliefs, representing the battle at Chios, the battle of Chesma, and the battle near the island of Mitilene. |
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