Selected Items from
the Crimean War
(1853-1856)

 

Life during the Crimean War

No discussion about a nation's military can be complete without showing something of the civilian life of the time. This is because no military exists in a vacuum, but rather is a product of its times. This section will try to give the reader a glimpse of what life was like during the Crimean War

Items in our Collection


Earlier Period Relics

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History of the era of the Crimean War

 Later Period Relics

 

 

Copper Kopek Coins

Here you can see both sides of a one copper kopeks that was minted in 1853.  When issued it weighed 5.12 grams.

The front has the value (1 kopek) followed by the date and then the mint mark initials at the bottom (in this case Ekatenburg Mint).  The opposite side has the Tsar's monogram (H I).

Front Back
 

 

 

Sources Cited

(1) Uzdenikov, V., Coints of Russia, Finansy I Statistika, Moscow, 1986. Print.