100th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Chuvash Autonomous Region

Obverse

the mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2020 г.’ (2020).

Reverse

the mirror field of the disc bears relief images of the emblem of the Chuvash Republic, a girl in a national costume with a shoulder yoke standing under an ancient tree with owls and herons in the branches; in the background there are images of a river and a modern city with administrative, social, cultural and historic buildings; there are inscriptions: ‘ЧУВАШСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА’ (CHUVASH REPUBLIC) below along the rim and ‘100 ЛЕТ’ (100 YEARS) on the left in two lines.

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), F.S. Andronov (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), F.S. Andronov (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
Edge: 300 corrugations.

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People first arrived in the territory of today’s Chuvashia approximately 80,000 years ago. In the 8th century, the Bulgar tribal union was established in the Middle Volga region. It was headed by the Bulgars and comprised the Suvar and the local Finno-Ugric tribes. At the end of the 9th century, this union transformed into the Volga Bulgaria state. In 1243, the Middle Volga region was absorbed into the Golden Horde as the Bulgar land. Founded in 1438, the Khanate of Kazan included not only the Tatars, but also conjoined the Bulgar Chuvash, Mari and southern Udmurt peoples, and parts of the Mordovians and Bashkirs. By the end of the 15th century, the medley of the Bulgar Chuvash and Mari peoples formed the modern Chuvash ethnic group that has preserved the Bulgar language and culture. In 1551, the Chuvash people joined the Russian state.

At the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, the Chuvash ethnic group consolidated into a nation. On 24 June 1920, the Russian Central Executive Committee and the RSFSR Council of People’s Commissars signed a decree on the foundation of the Chuvash Autonomous Region. On 21 April 1925, pursuant to the resolution of the Presidium of the Russian Central Executive Committee, it was transformed into the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. On 24 October 1990, the Chuvash ASSR was reorganised into the Chuvash Soviet Socialist Republic, and on 13 February 1992 – into the Chuvash Republic of the Russian Federation.

The key sectors in Chuvashia’s economy are industrial production, specifically the manufacture of electric, electronic and optical equipment, the manufacture of food products including beverages, vehicle and equipment manufacturing, chemical production, and machinery and equipment production.

The Republic has 674 historical and cultural heritage sites protected at the national level, including 628 landmarks of regional importance.

Source: http://enc.cap.ru