The Sculptural Group "Taming a Horse"
Obverse
in the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" (ONE RUBLE), at the bottom - the year of issue "2003", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Reverse
the picture of a naked athlete controlling a reared horse by means of the bridle. The inscription at the top along the rim - "САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ" (SAINT PETERSBURG).
Authors
The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 200 corrugations.
The sculptural group of P.K. Klodt "Taming a Horse", consisting of four compositions, has been installed in 1849 - 1850 on the Anichkov Bridge on the Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg.