3 rubles

1997

Solovetsky Monastery

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General

1997
10.12.1997
ММД
5111-0056
15 000

Coin type

34,88±0,32 г
39,00±0,30 мм
3,30±0,35 мм

Description

Obverse
image of a two-headed eagle (artist I. Bilibin), inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "3 РУБЛЯ 1997 г.", below - "BANK OF RUSSIA". In the lower part - the designation of metal, the alloy test, the precious metal content and the mint trade mark.
Reverse
a panorama of architectural monuments of the Solovetsky Monastery. Above the circle there is an inscription: "Solovetsky Monastery" and the date "XV in".
Edge
300 corrugated
Description
Solovetsky (Preobrazhensky) Monastery, located on the Great Solovetsky Island in the White Sea, was founded by monks of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery Zosima and Savvaty in the 30s. XV century. and is surrounded by walls 8-11 m high, 4-6 m thick with seven gates and eight towers (16th century), made up of untreated boulders. The architectural ensemble of the monastery includes the Transfiguration Cathedral (1556-1564), the Church of the Annunciation (1596-1601), the refectory with the Assumption Cathedral (1552-1557), the water mill, the belltower (1777), the Church of St. Nicholas (1834).