Mirror - a triangular prism with an eagle on top and with three decrees of Peter I (dated April 17, 1722, January 21 and 22, 1724, art. Art.) On the edges in tsarist Russia, it was an indispensable attribute of each office space (images [1] , [2] ).
Content and Regulation
The texts on the prism were:
- Decree on the custody of civil rights. April 17, 1722. [3]
- Decree regulating behavior in judicial places. January 21, 1724.
- Decree on state statutes and their importance. January 22, 1724.
At the same time, the Decree on the custody of civil rights already contained instructions on the Mirror [3] :
Also, according to this model, in the Senate there is a board with a foot, on which they print a printed decree and always in all places, starting from the Senate even to the last judicial places, have a mirror on the table before the judges. And where there will be no such decree on the table, then for every other crime there is a hundred rubles a fine in the hospital. |
In the future, this requirement became part of the laws of the Russian Empire and entered into other acts (Art. 39, Vol. II, St. Zac., Ed. 1892):
However, the concept of presence is determined by some other purely external conditions; so, in all places without removal, there must be a mirror in the office room, which is obviously a symbol of state power. Art. 39 of the general provincial institution suffers, however, ambiguity; By giving a categorical command about the mirror, at the same time she expresses a punitive threat in the form of reprimand to those who are guilty of non-compliance with this article. From here it can be thought that the absence of a mirror does not make the presence invalid [4] |
Symbolic meaning
The mirror has become a significant visual attribute of the new era, a marker of the new administrative machine:
You get the rank - according to the Table of the ranks of Peter the Great. Chin delivers you nobility - this is how Peter the Great founded. I need to file a complaint - Peter the Great determined her form. Take it - in front of the mirror of Peter the Great. Judge - according to the General Regulations. You decide to travel - following the example of Peter the Great; you will be well received - Peter the Great placed Russia in the number of European states and began to inspire respect for her, and so on and so forth and so on. |
Academician M.P. Pogodin , 1841
Many saw in the Mirror the standard of government, which did not correspond to the realities of the Russian Empire. At the beginning of the 19th century, S. N. Glinka saw the reasons for the invasion of 1812 as a departure from the truth and the punishment of God: [5]
What is the main cause of the shock caused to Russia in 1812? Let the earth ask about it in the sky. I will be called insane for it, but my answer is the following: go to the first office place, take a look at the mirror and take a good look at the two imperative orders of Peter I. His decree 1722, April 17, will say that there is no truth in Russia; and the decree of 1724 testifies that Peter, with all his gigantic strength, left Russia "under the judgment of God." |
See also
- Reforms of Peter I
- Public place
Notes
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ 1 2 Peter I. Decree on the storage of civil rights. April 17, 1722 . Site of Pacific State University (2018).
- ↑ Ivanovsky V. State law. Proceedings and scientific notes of Kazan University. According to edition No. 5 1895 - No. 11 1896./Allpravo.ru
- ↑ S. N. Glinka. Notes. - Biographies and memoirs. - M: Zakharov, 2004. - 464 p. - ISBN 5-8159-0397-3 .
Literature
- S. N. Glinka. Notes. - Biographies and memoirs. - M: Zakharov, 2004. - 464 p. - ISBN 5-8159-0397-3 .