Red-Breasted Goose

Obverse

the two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — "ОДИН РУБЛЬ 1994 г." (ONE RUBLE 1994), at the bottom — "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

the relief picture of a Red-Breasted Goose against the background of plants, the inscription below along the rim: "КРАСНОЗОБАЯ КАЗАРКА" RED-BREASTED GOOSE).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptors: S.M. Ivanov, I.S. Komshilov
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations

The Red-Breasted Goose - a rare and disappearing species of the fauna and has the nestling area only in the Western and Central Siberia; during the migration is found in the basins of the rivers Pura and Nadym, Ob, in the upper reaches of the Polui and Sobtiyugan, in the forest-steppe of Tobol-Ishim, in the Northern Khazakhstan and Northern Black Sea and Caspian Sea Regions, in the valley of Manych-Goodino Lake; protected in the nestling area in the Preserves Taimyr and Yamal Peninsulas.