Medal "For the Capture of Paris"
The Medal "For the Capture of Paris on 19 March 1814" was a campaign medal of the Russian Empire. It was established on 30 August 1814 by decree of Emperor Alexander I of Russia. The medal was intended for those who participated in the taking of Paris in 1814, from soldiers to generals.
Medal "For the Capture of Paris"
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- Medal "For the Capture of Paris"
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- 1814
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- Russian Empire
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- silver
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The Medal "For the Capture of Paris on 19 March 1814" was a campaign medal of the Russian Empire. It was established on 30 August 1814 by decree of Emperor Alexander I of Russia. The medal was intended for those who participated in the taking of Paris in 1814, from soldiers to generals.
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The medal was not awarded until 1826 as after the restoration of the French monarchy Alexander I considered it undiplomatic to award a medal that would remind France of the defeat, and it was the next Emperor, Nicholas I, who gave orders for its issue in March 1826. More than 160,000 medals were produced in total.
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• Name — Medal "For the Capture of Paris" • Country — Russian Empire • Type — Campaign medal • Eligibility — Imperial Russian Army personnel • Awarded For — Participation in the 1814 French campaign • Status — No longer awarded • Established — 30 August 1814 by Alexander I • Firstawarded — 19 March 1826 • Lastawarded — 1 May 1832 • Total Awarded — c. 150,000 • Image2 Size — 80px • Caption2 — Ribbon of the Medal "For the Capture of Paris"
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- 4.Lebedintsev, Aleksandr. Материалы по истории Севера Дальнего Востока. North-Eastern Complex Scientific Research Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2004. 5-94729-055-3.
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- 6.Kuznetsov, Aleksandr. Ордена и медали России. MSU Publishing House. 1985.
- 7.Kuznetsov, Aleksandr. Знаки славы Отечества. Moskovskiy Rabochiy. 1987.
- 8.Mozheiko, Igor. Награды. Khronos. 128–. 1998. 5-85482-022-6.
- 9.Редакция журнала. Московский журнал. 2004.
- 10.Vishlenkova, Yelena. Визуальное народоведение империи, или "Увидеть русского дано не каждому". Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye. 27–. 2014. 978-5-4448-0303-5.
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