RUSSIA Medal 1698 Emperor Peter I the Great. Suppression of the Strelzy Rebellion. Sehr Schön+ (Kratzer!)

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1698, Russia, Emperor Peter I "the Great". Suppression of the Strelzy Rebellion. Bronze Medal.


Mint Year: 1698
Medallist: Samuel Judin (Sculptor)
Reference: Diakov 9.1, Tir.7, Smirnov -.
Denomination: Suppression of the Strelzy Rebellion
Condition: Minor deposits, a few digs and small scratches, otherwise XF!
Material: Bronze
Weight: 97.70gm
Diameter: 66mm

Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed young bust right. Imperial eagles ornating drapery and a large Medusa head armor breastplate.
Legend: PETRVS • ALEXII • FILIVS • D • G • TZAR • ET • MAGNVS • DVX • TOTIVS • RVSSIÆ
Legend (translated): "By the Grace of God Peter the First, Tsar and Autocrat of All Russia. "

Reverse: Hercules standing, holding a club over his shoulder, pressing a torch down to cauterize the necks and decapitated heads of the vanquished Hydra.
Legend: SALVS • PVBLICA • FIRMATA •
Legend (translated): " Society's Well-being has become Stronger "
Exergue: PERDUELLIBUS • DELETIS / CICICXCVIII
Translated: "After the Extermination of the Rebels, 1698."



The Streltzy regiments served as the "Home Guard" of Moscow, defending the city and the czar's court. They were both reactionary and fiercely loyal to the royal family. Unrest within the ranks had sparked several mutinies in the 17th century, with the most dangerous occurring in 1698. Several regiments, protesting harsh living conditions, an abrupt transferal out of Moscow, and possibly also Peter's modernization plans, marched on Moscow, supposedly intent on punishing corrupt boyars and then installing Peter's sister Sophia on the throne. On June 18, 1698 the approaching mutineers were met by forces under Peter's loyal generals Shein and Gordon, and were routed. The rebellious Streltzy were executed, whipped or sent into exile, and the Moscow regiments were disbanded, to be replaced by units of the czar's new army being built on the western model.



Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (9 June 1672 – 8 February 1725) ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death.Peter the Great is credited with dragging Russia out of the medieval times to such an extent that by his death in 1725, Russia was considered a leading eastern European state.

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