The Sanaksar Monastery, Sanaksar Village, the Republic of Mordoviya

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2010 г." (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

In the centre - the architectural ensemble of the Monastery of Mother of God Nativity with the wide path leading to it, to the left - a tree, to the right above, under spreading branches of the tree- inscription in four lines: "РОЖДЕСТВО-БОГОРОДИЧНЫЙ САНАКСАРСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ" (THE SANAKSAR MONASTERY OF MOTHER OF GOD NATIVITY) and the portrait of F.F. Ushakov, behind it - the cloth of Saint Andrew Flag.

Authors

The artist and sculptor: Yu.S. Gogol.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.

The Sanaksar Monastery was built in the XVIIIth century. Main building of its architectural ensemble is the five-headed Temple with the Cathedral of Mather of God Nativity in the upper tier and the Church of John's Baptist of our Lord Head Truncation in the lower one. On the territory of the monastery the Russian naval commander admiral F.F. Ushakov was burned.