Russia / Latvia (USSR, Moscow Mint) Bronze (Tombac) Medal 1965 - 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Pēteris Stučka

62mm. 97.23g. UNC/UNC. 

Mintage 100 pcs. 

Medalier: E. E. Melderis. 

Shkurko, Salykov 412. 

Very rare. 

Obv.: Portrait of Pēteris Stučka facing forward, rendered in high relief with stylized wavy hair and mustache; to the right, inscription PĒTERIS STUČKA (Pēteris Stučka). Signature at lower left: Мелдерис Э. (Melderis, E.). 

Rev.: In the center, inscriptions: 

PĒTERIS STUČKA 

ПЕТЕРИС СТУЧКА 

(Peteris Stučka.) 

1865

1932

Around, circular inscription: 

PADOMJU LATVIJAS PIRMĀS VALDĪBAS PRIEKŠSĒDĒTĀJS • ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЬ ПЕРВОГО ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВА СОВЕТСКОЙ ЛАТВИИ 

(Chairman of the First Government of Soviet Latvia.) 

Pēteris Stučka (1865-1932) was a prominent Latvian jurist, revolutionary, and political figure whose career linked the early Soviet state with the national history of Latvia. He served as Chairman of the first Soviet government of Latvia in 1918-1919 and later held leading positions within the Soviet legal system in Russia, becoming one of the principal architects of early Soviet jurisprudence. His life and political activity reflect the period of profound transformation in the Baltic region during the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil conflicts involving both Latvian and Russian political structures.