PeterShell Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hi everybody, As our Russian speaking friends have more opportunities to read original articles... Does any of you know how big were salaries in the middle of 18th Century in Russia? How about pay of soldiers - for instance in the period of "7 years war" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hi everybody, As our Russian speaking friends have more opportunities to read original articles... Does any of you know how big were salaries in the middle of 18th Century in Russia? How about pay of soldiers - for instance in the period of "7 years war" ? I didn't look very hard. Found this article, but it goes up to the end of 17th century: http://www.talers.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=105&limitstart=2 Not sure what the privates earned in 1750's and 1760's. I would not guess that it would be a lot. Maybe a couple of roubles a month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hi everybody, As our Russian speaking friends have more opportunities to read original articles... Does any of you know how big were salaries in the middle of 18th Century in Russia? How about pay of soldiers - for instance in the period of "7 years war" ? once i have more time there are some info on salary of mint workers in recent published books of Ekaterinburg mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterShell Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thanks for article..interesting ! Love to have same data for XVIII century... If you find time give me another link please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thanks for article..interesting ! Love to have same data for XVIII century... If you find time give me another link please Check this out: http://wap.apropos.borda.ru/?1-9-0-00000007-000-0-0-1270584330 Looks like the soldiers were still getting about 1 rouble/month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I remember reading in one of my standard reference works (was it Uzdenikov? Brekke? Bitkin? Julian? ...) that one pyatak (i.e. a copper 5 kopeck coin) was worth approximately a day's wages for a common worker back in the 18th century. That would correspond nicely with the estimate of 1 rouble per month (or perhaps a little more or less). I won't be able to look up the source for this information for a few weeks now, but maybe it will jog someone else's memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterShell Posted April 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Check this out: http://wap.apropos.borda.ru/?1-9-0-00000007-000-0-0-1270584330 Looks like the soldiers were still getting about 1 rouble/month. Excellent Alex ! Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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