Russia and the Great War
Artifacts of the Era
(1914-1917)

  

    

The Era in Pictures

No discussion about a nations military can be complete without showing the civilian life of the time.  In this section we will try to paint a mental picture of what life was like in Russia during the Great War.  Below you can see various items that came from Russia at the turn of the century.  Photographs, bank notes, coins, war bonds, and other such things will be shown here in the future.

Items in our collection

 

     

 

War Bond Certificate of 1916

Here we have a war bond certificate.  The bonds were to be short term bonds yielding the buyer 5.5% interest on their investment.  Unfortunately the revolution prevented the buyers from being able to collect on their investment.

Below is an actual coupon given to those who purchased a war bond.  It should be mentioned that the coupons are very small and twenty (in two columns) would fit on a sheet of paper the same size as the bond certificate shown at right.  It is shown much larger so that it can be read easily.  Each of the 50 ruble coupons were individually numbered.  They also listed the amount of money the owner would earn for buying and holding them - one ruble and 37.5 kopeks.

 

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