The Millennium of Founding the City of Kazan

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 – «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ» (FIFTY RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2005», 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 cartouche, against the background of the Kazancity outlines – the main building of the Universitywith the inscription at the bottom «ОСН. В 1804 г.» (FOUNDED IN 1804). The inscription along the rimon the matted field of a national ornament: «КАЗАНСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» (THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF KAZAN).

Authors

The Artist: A.D. Schablykin.
The Sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova.
ST. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The Edge: 134 Corrugations.

The State University of Kazan is one of the oldest Russian universities. Great Russian scientists such as N.I. Lobachevsky, N.G. Chebotaryov, N.N. Zinin, A.M.Butlerov, V.M.Bekhterev, P.F.Lesgaft and the other sworked here.