Smolensk Kremlin, 11th-18th Centuries

Obverse

in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (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 framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «3 РУБЛЯ 1995 г.» (3 RUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

a view of architectural monuments of the Smolensk Kremlin, the inscription at the top along the rim - "СМОЛЕНСК КРЕМЛЬ XI-XVIII в.в." (SMOLENSK KREMLIN XITH-XVIIITH CENTURIES).

Authors

The artist: A.A. Kolodkin
The sculptor: V.M. Kharlamov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 300 corrugations

Smolensk - an ancient Russian town, was first mentioned in the Ustyuzhsky chronicle under the year 862. One of the most remarkable fortifications and architectural monuments of the city is the Smolensk fortress wall with XVIth-XVIIth-century towers, built by Prince Vladimir Svytoslavich in the late Xth century as a defence against the Petchenegs. In the XIIth century Smolensk was the center of an independent principality.