The Development and Exploration of Siberia, the XVIth-XVIIth centuries

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

in the center — a swimming boat with oarsmen and warriors firing guns, to the left — a half-length portrait of Yermak holding a pole-axe, as well as trees on a rocky river’s bank, to the right — a fortification on a steep bank, at the foot of the bank — four archers in boats, in the background to the left — a swimming boat, to the right — trees on the bank, above, against the background of a river with a tributary — the inscription: «ТОБОЛЬСК» (TOBOLSK), at the top — two foxes holding a crown, a bow and two crossing arrows. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ОСВОЕНИЕ СИБИРИ XVI·XVII» (THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIBERIA XVI·XVII), at the bottom — «ПОХОД ЕРМАКА 1582·1585» (THE YERMAK’S CAMPAIGN 1582·1585).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova.
Moscow Mint (MМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.

Campaigns of Russian voevodas (military commanders) at the end of the XVth century and those of Yermak, the Cossack chieftain in 1582-85, marked the beginning of the Siberia’s development and its joining to the Russian State.