Centenary of the Foundation of the Arkhangelskoye State Museum Estate

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 "25 РУБЛЕЙ" (25 RUBLES), and the year of issue "2019 г." (2019).

Reverse

the mirror field of the disc bears relief images of the southern facade of the palace and a garden sculpture Artemis and a Deer; there is an inscription along the circumference: ‘ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ МУЗЕЙ-УСАДЬБА АРХАНГЕЛЬСКОЕ’ (THE ARKHANGELSKOYE STATE MUSEUM ESTATE), and at the bottom to the left – ‘100 ЛЕТ’ (CENTENARY).

Authors

The artist: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse, reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.N. Bessonov (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint.
The edge: 252 corrugations.

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Series: Centenary of the Foundation of the Arkhangelskoye State Museum Estate

Catalogue number: 5115-0148

The State Museum-Estate Arkhangelskoye is an architectural and park complex of the late 18th – early 19th century in the Krasnogorsk District of the Moscow Region. The museum belongs to the most valuable objects of the Russian nation's cultural heritage.

The Arkhangelskoye estate was first mentioned in historical documentation of Ivan the Terrible’s time. The Princes Odoyevskies, Golitsyns and Yusupovs owned the estate for three hundred years. Prince Nikolai A. Golitsyn started the construction of the architectural complex. Works to construct the palace and to organise the park were performed in parallel. In the early 19th century, Prince Nikolai Yusupov bought the estate and finally made it a single estate complex. The Prince started a museum in the estate by placing his vast collections of paintings, sculptures, handicraft objects and books.

In 1919, the estate was turned into a historic and art museum, and became accessible to general public.

Source: http://arhangelskoe.su