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In 1856 the student Aleksandr Borodin passed his final examination with distinction and graduated from the academy with the school testimonial of good conduct and progress. Although he ranked first in his course, the reason that he did not receive the Gold Medal was a bad grade received on a junior course given by the teacher of theology, Cherepnin, because he had explained a text of Holy Writ freely, whereas its literal translation was needed.
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Figurovskii, N.A., Solov’ev, Y.I. (1988). The Young Scientist’s First Steps. In: Aleksandr Porfir’evich Borodin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72732-0_5
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