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In Memory of the Emancipation of the Serfs

Creation period
1862
Place of сreation
Saint Petersburg Mint
Dimensions
6,8x6,8 cm
Technique
embossing
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Fyodor Tolstoy, Nikolay Kozin
In Memory of the Emancipation of the Serfs
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The commemorative medal is dedicated to the most important reform of the state, which was conducted by Emperor Alexander II — the abolition of serfdom.
 
The model of the medal was created by the famous Russian painter, drafter, and sculptor, Vice-President of the Academy of Arts, Fyodor Tolstoy. His student, the painter-medallist Nikolay Kozin at the Saint Petersburg Mint, made the medal according to Tolstoy’s model.
 
The medal is made of bronze, with 68 millimeters in diameter and 6 mm thick. The obverse depicts Emperor Alexander II in a helmet, chain mail, and armor, with a sword at his left hip and the Porphyra on his shoulders. He holds by the shoulders a nobleman dressed as a boyar and a peasant, who are shaking hands with each other. A broken oxbow is depicted at the feet of the Emperor. To the left behind the peasant there are sickle, rake, scythe, shovel, basket with fruit, and beehives with bees. Books, helmet, shield, sword, and a globe are depicted to the right of the nobleman. The date is stamped at the top: “February 19, 1861”. Underneath the trim there is writing: “From the model of Count F. Tolstoy, artisan N. Kozin”.
 
The reverse depicts an eight-pointed cross. The first lines of the manifesto on the abolition of serfdom are carved in a circle:
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Cast the sign of the cross upon the Orthodox Christians and call God”s blessing upon your free labor with us.
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Alexander II signed “Manifesto on the Abolition of Serfdom” and “General Statute Concerning Peasants Leaving Serf Dependence” on February 19, 1861. These documents regulated the personal emancipation of the peasants and the conditions of their redemption of the land. Peasants were no longer considered serfs, and their houses and all movable property became their property. However, the land itself remained the property of the landlords, who gave the peasants the use of allotments on the condition that they worked off the base service. The working hours ranged from 30 days per year for women between the ages of 17 and 50 and up to 40 days for men between 18 and 55.

If the peasants did not want to work hard, they could buy their land from the property owner. In that case, the peasant paid 20 percent of the land value to the property owner, and the government paid the remaining 80 percent. The peasant had to pay the money back to the state within 49 years at 5.6 percent per annum. According to the original plan of the reform, the full transfer of land to the peasants should have been completed by 1932. However, since January 1, 1907, thanks to the agrarian reform of Pyotr Stolypin, the redemption payments were abolished.
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In Memory of the Emancipation of the Serfs

Creation period
1862
Place of сreation
Saint Petersburg Mint
Dimensions
6,8x6,8 cm
Technique
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