Historic-Architectural Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow

Obverse

on the mirror field of the disc – the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it – the semicircular inscription along the rim: "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms: to the left – indications of the precious metal and its fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines – the inscription: "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin: "25 РУБЛЕЙ" (25 RUBLES), the year of issue: "2016 г." (2016).

Reverse

on the mirror field of the disc – the relief images of the Assumption Church and the Gate Church of Transfiguration, above them – the image of the miniature from the manuscript "The History of Peter the Great" by P. Krokshin that illustrates incarceration of tsarevna Sophia in the monastery, to the right – the element of a vegetable ornament, along the rim – the inscription: "НОВОДЕВИЧИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ В МОСКВЕ" (NOVODEVICHY CONVENT IN MOSCOW).

Authors

The artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), F.S. Andronov (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (CПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.