Long ago, when there was an absolute monarchy, with its centrist power in Russia that existed for a long time, there was also such a moment, made by Alexander II, when in 1861 he gave more autonomy to the Principality of Finland (he also gave the Finnish mark as a currency, for the first time in the history of the region), to other provinces and regions of the empire, and also freed the peasants from serfdom, giving them the opportunity have a kind of justice like volost judges of volosts (municipal rural districts), as well as village elders and headmen as leaders. And here is one of such volost judges of the Kazan province with its coat of arms in front of you. Yes, this is not the original, but a brass replica, which is about 10 times cheaper than the original.

Because they are rare and were not made in factories, but were produced by blacksmiths and jewelers to order in settlements, villages and other similar places, which is why they can have different arrangements of provincial coats of arms, holes for chains and so on.
And what these judges themselves looked like, what they wore, what payments they received, where they lived, I don’t really know yet. Even here information on this is scanty. But one thing is known - they were the only and unique representatives of justice in the peasantry, wearing regional symbols