P.I. Tchaikovsky

Obverse

in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along at the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — "100 РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г." (100 RUBLES 1993), at the bottom — "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

P.I. Tchaikovsky against the background of a scene from the ballet "The Swan Lake", to the left - a lyre and laurel branch, the inscriptions along at the rim: at the top — "РОССИЯ И МИРОВАЯ КУЛЬТУРА" (RUSSIA AND WORLD CULTURE), at bottom - "П.И.ЧАЙКОВСКИЙ" (P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: N.A. Nosov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 240 corrugations

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1993) - a genius of Russian classical music, from 1866 to 1878 was a professor of the Moscow Conservatory. His operas ("Eugene Onegin", "Mazepa", "Cherevichki", "The Queen of Spades" and "Iolante"), ballets ("The Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker"), symphonies, instrumental pieces and romances are considered the matchless masterpieces of world music.