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1704, Russia, Peter I "the Great". Magnificent "Battle of Nerva" Medal. Rare!


Mint Year: 1704
Medallist: T. Ivanov.
Denomination: Memorial Medal - Death of Peter I
Ruler: Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great) of Russia
References: Moneta 60/17, Iversen series XIX, p. 20, Diakov 21.11. R!
Condition: Large dark oxidation deposits in obverse, otherwise a nice AU-UNC with strong mint-lustre in protected areas!
Material: Bronze
Weight: 36.67gm
Diameter: 47mm

Obverse: Laureate bust of the emperor right wearing antique, decorated armor.
Legend: PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIÆ

Reverse:
View of Narva bombarded by russian artillery batteries. Ivan-Gorod to left of Narva river. In exergue.
Legend: CECIDERE AB ORIGINE PRIMA · LVCERT · ("the city fell early in the attack, –adapted from Lucretius")
Exergue Legend: NARVA VI CAPTA/9 · AUG · ST · V · ("Narva taken by force on the 9th of August, O.S.").

The Battle of Narva was the second Russian siege of Swedish Narva during the Great Northern War, resulting in the capture of the town by Russia on August 9, 1704, and the subsequent massacre of some of its Swedish inhabitants. Four years after the first battle of Narva, Tsar Peter I marched again in an attempt to capture Narva and destroy Ingria as a Swedish Supply area. :697 Marshal Boris Sheremetev's force of 20,000 captures Tartu on 24 June. :697 Sheremetev then besieges Narva, with the garrison under the Commandant Major-General Henning Rudolf Horn af Ranzien and consisted of 3,800 infantry and 1,300 cavalry. After a long siege followed by a three-fronted attack the Russians captured Narva on August 20, 1704, having massacred some of its Swedish inhabitants before Peter I stopped them. :69 General Horn, several officers and a large number of Swedish soldiers were captured, with about 3,200 casualties. The Russians lost up to 3,000 men in total. On September 11, citizens of Narva swore allegiance to Peter I in the courtyard of the town hall. In August, Peter I signed the Treaty of Narva in the town.

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. He centralised government, modernised the army, created a navy and increased the subjugation and subjection of the peasants. His domestic policy allowed him to execute an aggressive foreign policy.

Without doubt, Peter the Great's childhood toughened his outlook on life and people. His life was constantly under threat from factions surrounding the two widows of his father. When his father, Alexis, died in January 1676, Peter's elder brother succeeded as Theodore III. His succession was legal and no-one could dispute it. Theodore died in 1682.

Problems over the succession came on the death of Theodore. The mother of Peter came from the Naryshkin family. They wanted Peter as sole tsar of Russia.

Alexis's first wife came from the Miloslavkys family. They did not want Peter alone to succeed. The Miloslavkys were supported by the Moscow Musketeers (the Streltsy) and they both wanted a joint rule by Peter and Ivan, his mentally deficient half-brother. The Streltsy gave the Miloslavkys family the military backing to succeed in this case and Peter and Ivan were accepted as joint rulers.

However, in 1682 both were under age and a regent, their sister Sophia, was appointed to this position. In effect, Sophia did little as she was besotted by her lover Prince Golitsin who was appointed Chief Minister by Sophia and ruled as he wished. He embarked on a highly unpopular domestic policy. He persecuted the Old Believers for spiritually holding Russia back. Many Russian people looked up to the Old Believers as the true symbol of religious devotion and disapproved of what he did. Golitsin also pursued a lacklustre foreign policy. In 1687 and 1698, he launched two disastrous campaigns against the Crimean Tartars.

With such chaos at government level, Peter the Great felt strong enough to challenge Golitsin. This he did in August 1689 aged 17 when he removed both Sophia and Golitsin from power and ruled as Russia's sole leader. In theory he shared the throne with Ivan until Ivan died in 1696, but in reality, Ivan played no part in the government of Russia.

Peter the Great's sheer physical presence seemed to indicate the way his rule would go. He was nearly 7 feet tall and very broad. He was massively powerful, "loud-mouthed, violent, ruthless and impetuous". He always wanted to learn and was always active. He learned how to be carpenter, talked to mathematicians and learned how best to train soldiers- including how to torture people. While Sophia had been regent, he had lived in Germany and had spent time living with soldiers learning about fortifications and ballistics. When back in Russia he formed a small army out of his servants and used them in live ammunition firing war games.

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