The Accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, the Zaporozhye Region, and the Kherson Region to the Russian Federation

Obverse

a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and a semicircular inscription above it along the rim ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed with paired diamonds on both sides, under the coat of arms are the chemical symbol of the metal and fineness on the left and fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, are an inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin denomination ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2023 г.’ (2023).

Reverse

a stylised image of the Constitution of the Russian Federation opened on the page of Article 65 against the background of images of the central part of St George’s Hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace, the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, and the flags of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, the Zaporozhye Region, and the Kherson Region. The images of the Constitution and the Hall are laser treated for matte finishing, the images of the National Coat of Arms and the text of the Constitution are designed in relief, and the images of the flags are coloured. There are relief inscriptions around the circumference: ‘ВХОЖДЕНИЕ В СОСТАВ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ’ (THE ACCESSION TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION) at the top and ‘30 СЕНТЯБРЯ 2022 г.’ (30 SEPTEMBER 2022) at the bottom.

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), O.G. Shepel (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
Edge: 300 corrugations.

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On 30 September 2022, the Saint George’s Hall of the Kremlin Palace hosted the ceremony for signing the treaties on the accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, the Zaporozhye Region, and the Kherson Region to the Russian Federation and on the foundation of the new constituent territories of the Russian Federation.

Source: http://www.kremlin.ru