The 225th Anniversary of the Bolshoi Theater

Obverse

in the center — 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 — «ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), at the bottom — the year of issue «2001», 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

a scene from the S.S. Prokofiev’s Ballet «Romeo and Julia», over it — the building of the Bolshoi Theater and the date «225», the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР» (BOLSHOI THEATER), at the bottom — «РОМЕО И ДЖУЛЬETТA» (ROMEO AND JULIET).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: I.S. Komshilov.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.

The Ballet «Romeo and Juliet» was produced in 1940. The Prokofiev’s music achieved for the first time in the Ballet’s history the standard of Shakespeare’s tragedy.