Laws and Lithographs: Seeing Imperial Russia Through Illustrations of Civil Uniforms in Polnoe sobranie zakonov Rossiiskoi Imperii

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FIGURE 1 Collage of illustrations from the deluxe PSZ. Top left: medal, §5,716, Jan. 16, 1889 (PSZ Folder 1889 I, 1). Bottom left: blueprint, §7,142, Oct. 22, 1890 (PSZ Folder 1890 I, 14). Center: lettering, §3,655a, Apr. 25, 1886 (PSZ Folder 1886 II, 3). Top right: badge, §50,518, 7 Feb 1872 (PSZ Folder 1872 I, 10). Bottom right: coat of arms §33,359, Apr. 14, 1910 (Folder 1910 II, n/a). Chromolithographs, Courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Rpt. in PSZ.

FIGURE 2 Uniforms for Students, Institute of Civil Engineering, Ministry of Interior, §1,348, 28 Jan 1883 (PSZ Folder 1883 I, 3). Chromolithograph, Courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Rpt. in PSZ.

FIGURE 3 Top: Uniforms for Female Prison Guards, § 3210, Oct. 5, 1885 (PSZ Folder 1885 I, 19). Bottom: Travel Uniforms for Postmen, §3,122 plate 7, July 11, 1885 (PSZ Folder 1885 I, 13). Chromolithographs, Courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Rpt. in PSZ.

FIGURE 4 Collage: Winter Uniforms for Court Deliverymen, §1377, Feb. 9, 1883. Top left: title page, PSZ 3.3 (1886). Bottom left: detailed description in Ranks and Tables, p. 10. Top center: main description, p. 42. Bottom center: black and white lithograph, general set. Center right: chromolithograph, deluxe set, §1377 III, Feb 9, 1883 (PSZ Folder 1883 I, 8). Courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Rpt. in PSZ.

TABLE 1 This table reproduces regulation 648 regarding staff and annual salaries of a drafting division in the Artillery Department. PSZ 1.2 (1830): 1167–68

Position	No.	Class	Annual Salary/Mess allowance(Rubles per Person)	Rank
A dministration
Director	1	VI or VII	According to rank/1,500	Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel
Nachalnik
Assistant Director	1	VII or VIII	According to rank/750	Captain or Staff-Officer
Pomoshchnik nachalnika
Warrant Officer for Fine Drawing	1	XIV	According to rank/300	Warrant Officer
Dlia otlichnogo risovki praporshchik
Warrant Officer for Life Drawing	1	XIV	According to rank/300	Warrant Officer
Dlia snimaiia s natury rasnykh chertezhei praporshchik
Corrector: graphs and lettering	1	IX or below	600/300	n/a
Dlia smotreniia za chertezhami chinovnik, on zhe i dlia ispravleniia pismennykh del
1st Class Konduktory	5	n/a	270/(n/a)	Officers
2nd Class Konduktory	10	n/a	150/(n/a)	Unter-officer
Batmen	11	n/a	7.54/(n/a)	n/a
Denshchiki
P rinting Shop
Factor	1		800/(n/a)	n/a
Faktor
Corrector to read proofs	1		500/(n/a)	n/a
Korrektor
Artist for metallographic engraving	1		500/(n/a)	n/a
Risovshchik dlia metallografii
Typesetters	5		150/(n/a)	Unter-officer
Naborshchiki
Workers who prepared ink and inked printing surface	5		150/(n/a)	Unter-officer
Batyrshchiki
Shaper	1		150/(n/a)	Unter-officer
Figurshchik
Assistant Shaper	1		150/(n/a)	Unter-officer
Rabotnik k figurnomu stanku
Watchmen	2		150/(n/a)	Unter-officer
Storozhii
B indery
Master Binder	1		400/(n/a)	n/a
Perepletnyi master
Binding apprentice	1		200/(n/a)	n/a
Emu podmasterie
1st Class Binder	1		120/(n/a)	n/a
2nd Class Binders	2		90/(n/a)	n/a
3rd Class Binders	2		60/(n/a)	n/a
Grand Total	55

TABLE 2 This table reproduces information regarding staff and salaries for the Art Department, Ministerial Administration of Railways. PSZ 36.2 (1861): 312

Position	No.	Post	Annual Salary/ Mess allowance (Rubles per Person)	Rank
Director	1	Military	1,260.90	VI
Nachal'nik khudozhestvennogo zavedeniia
Overseer of the printshop and bindery	1	Civil	714.45	VIII
Smotritel' tipografii i perepletnoi
Editor	1	Civil	560.40	IX
Korrektor
Manager of the Engraving Shop	1	Military/Civil	476.34	IX
Zaveduvaiushchii gravernoi
Accountant	1	n/a	476.34	IX
Pismovoditel'/Bukhgalter
Engravers on stone, copper, and zinc	2	n/a	1,737.12	X
Gravery na kamne, medi i tsinke
Word cutters	2	n/a	1,737.12	X
Slovorezy na kamne, medi i tsinke
P rinting S hop
Managing head unter-officer	1	n/a		[Low ranks]
Starshii unter-ofitser, nadzor za poriadkom
Scribes	5	n/a		[Low ranks]
Pisari
Head master	1	n/a		[Low ranks]
Starshii masterovoi
Setters	10	n/a		[Low ranks]
Naborshchiki
Printers	8	n/a		[Low ranks]
Pechatniki
Batyrshchiki	15	n/a		[Low ranks]
Binders	12	n/a		[Low ranks]
Perepletchiki
L ithographic and E ngraving S hop
Engravers	7	n/a		[Low ranks]
Gravery
Word cutters	7	n/a		[Low ranks]
Slovorezy
Head master	1	n/a		[Low ranks]
Starshii masterovoi
Printers from stone, copper, and zinc	6	n/a		[Low ranks]
Pechatniki s kamnia, medi i tsinke
Vertel'shchikov	8	n/a		[Low ranks]
Total	90		2,874.78 (plus mess)
M isc. E xpenses
For hiring instructors to train new staff			4,668.00
For preparation of tools, repairing machines			1,500.00
Gas lighting			600.00
Grand Total	90		14,868.33

FIGURE 5 Left: Uniforms for Engineers, Ministry of Transportation, §55,456 plate 2, Jan. 7, 1876 (PSZ Folder 1876 I, 2). Right: Uniforms for Civil Engineers, Ministry of Interior, §461 plate 2, Oct. 19, 1881 (PSZ Folder 1881 I, 5). Center: Uniforms for Servicemen, Telegraph Division, §55,813 plate 2, Apr. 23, 1876 (PSZ Folder 1876 I, 10). Chromolithographs, deluxe set. Courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Rpt. in PSZ.

FIGURE 6 Uniforms for Students, Land Academy, §837, May 3, 1882. Left: lithograph, general set. Right: chromolithograph, deluxe set (PSZ Folder 1882, I, 5). Courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Rpt. in PSZ.