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Peter I. Naval Fleets established in the four seas/Pruth campaign, 1711.
Bronze award medal. Novodel. Signed by T. Ivanov. Late 18th-century manufacture. 41 x 36 mm. 20,3 gr. UNC. Barac 12/novodel; Spassky 39; Iversen XXXVII.
Obverse with a laureate and armoured bust of Emperor Peter I with the inscription ЦАРЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕЗІЕВИЧЬ (Tsar Peter Alexeevich). Under the truncation the initials T · I for the engraver Timotheus
Ivanov/Iwanoff, a medallist from St. Petersburg who was active from 1760 to 1790. According to Iversen, this medal is one of two known copies of the original battle medal by S. Gouin and G. Haupt (Diakov 40.1).
Reverse with a crowned two-headed eagle with a Saint George on the chest, the coat of arms of the
Muscovite state. In the beaks and claws of the eagle the flags of the fleets of the four seas; the White, the Baltic, the Black, and the Caspian Seas. Continuation of the obverse title: ВСЕ РОСИСКИІ САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ 1711 (All Russian Autocrat).
In the relevant literature, it is generally accepted that the original medal was made on the occasion of the establishment of fleets of the newly-born Russian Navy in the four seas. However, Diakov argues that this establishment was already the case in 1710, making a medal in 1711 too late for that occasion. Based on archival documents, Diakov further states that this medal was probably awarded to the Montenegrins who fought against the Ottomans on the Russian side during the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710-1711, also known as the Pruth River Campaign. While Peter I was fighting the Swedes in the north, the Swedish king Charles XII persuaded the Ottomans to declare war on Russia on November 20, 1710. In response, Peter I send an army to Ottoman Moldavia and asked the Christians in the Balkan region including the
Montenegrins to rebel against the Ottomans. Beginning July 1711, Peter I reached the Pruth river, the
current border between Rumania and Moldova. From July 18 to 22, 1711, Peter's army, consisting of 38,246 men, was assaulted by the much larger Ottoman army of 119,665 men and surrounded. Peter I managed to save his army by signing a peace treaty in which he gave up Azov and surrounding territories, which Peter I had captured from the Ottomans in 1695. This treaty ended the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710-1711.
Lit: Barac4, 1445; Diakov1, 141-143; Duffy, 27; Forrer6, 90; Iversen, 39; Massie, 498-517; Soloviev28, 162-181.
Bronze award medal. Novodel. Signed by T. Ivanov. Late 18th-century manufacture. 41 x 36 mm. 20,3 gr. UNC. Barac 12/novodel; Spassky 39; Iversen XXXVII.
Obverse with a laureate and armoured bust of Emperor Peter I with the inscription ЦАРЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕЗІЕВИЧЬ (Tsar Peter Alexeevich). Under the truncation the initials T · I for the engraver Timotheus
Ivanov/Iwanoff, a medallist from St. Petersburg who was active from 1760 to 1790. According to Iversen, this medal is one of two known copies of the original battle medal by S. Gouin and G. Haupt (Diakov 40.1).
Reverse with a crowned two-headed eagle with a Saint George on the chest, the coat of arms of the
Muscovite state. In the beaks and claws of the eagle the flags of the fleets of the four seas; the White, the Baltic, the Black, and the Caspian Seas. Continuation of the obverse title: ВСЕ РОСИСКИІ САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ 1711 (All Russian Autocrat).
In the relevant literature, it is generally accepted that the original medal was made on the occasion of the establishment of fleets of the newly-born Russian Navy in the four seas. However, Diakov argues that this establishment was already the case in 1710, making a medal in 1711 too late for that occasion. Based on archival documents, Diakov further states that this medal was probably awarded to the Montenegrins who fought against the Ottomans on the Russian side during the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710-1711, also known as the Pruth River Campaign. While Peter I was fighting the Swedes in the north, the Swedish king Charles XII persuaded the Ottomans to declare war on Russia on November 20, 1710. In response, Peter I send an army to Ottoman Moldavia and asked the Christians in the Balkan region including the
Montenegrins to rebel against the Ottomans. Beginning July 1711, Peter I reached the Pruth river, the
current border between Rumania and Moldova. From July 18 to 22, 1711, Peter's army, consisting of 38,246 men, was assaulted by the much larger Ottoman army of 119,665 men and surrounded. Peter I managed to save his army by signing a peace treaty in which he gave up Azov and surrounding territories, which Peter I had captured from the Ottomans in 1695. This treaty ended the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710-1711.
Lit: Barac4, 1445; Diakov1, 141-143; Duffy, 27; Forrer6, 90; Iversen, 39; Massie, 498-517; Soloviev28, 162-181.