Show rich prize for historical work one million five hundred thousand dollars Is offered as a prize for a liter ary composition the biggest prize ot of its kind on record the award will be made at st petersburg on december 1 1925 to the writer 0 of the best bis his tory of alexander I 1 of russia araka u chalef founder of the military colo t nies of Nov gorod left a fortune of 50 gold rubles 25 to provide tor forathis this unique prize the prize giving day Is the centenary of the czar alex k ander a death by which time the money will it Is estimated have in creased to 2 one fourth of r it will be used to defray the cost of publishing the work which wina wins the prize |