The Marines

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 – «ОДИН РУБЛЬ» (ONE RUBLE), 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 centre – the image of a marine of Peter the Great’s times, in the background to the left – a boat under the Andrew Flag with soldiers of a landing partyon board. The inscription at the top along the rim – «МОРСКАЯ ПЕХОТА» (THE MARINES).

Authors

The Artists: A.V. Baklanov, F.S. Andronov.
The Sculptor: A.I. Parfionov.
Moscow Mint (MМД).
The Edge: 200 Corrugations.

By the Edict of November 16, 1705 Peter I laid the foundation of forming the sea soldiers regiment to perform the boarding, landing and troop duties on the Baltic Fleet ships.