Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945

Obverse

the centre of the disc bears the denomination of the coin ‘50 РУБЛЕЙ’ (50 RUBLES) with pictures of the number ‘50’ and the inscription ‘РУБ’ (RUB) hidden inside the figure ‘0’ and visible alternately when changing the angle of vision, and the mint mark below; the outer ring features the inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA) at the top, the year of issue ‘2025’ at the bottom and stylised images of laurel and oak branches on the left and on the right, their elements extending onto the disc.

Reverse

a relief image of the logo of the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 and a relief image of a laurel wreath on the ring around the circumference.

Authors

Designers: A.V. Gnidin (obverse), A.A. Brynza (reverse).
Sculptors: computer simulation (obverse), A.N. Bessonov (reverse).
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
Edge: 150 corrugations and the inscription "50 РУБЛЕЙ" (50 RUBLES) recurring twice and divided by asterisks.

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The Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 was the war fought by the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies, a part of the Second World War, that ended with the victory of the USSR and the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces.

Germany invaded the USSR on 22 June 1941, expecting to defeat the Soviet Union in a swift military campaign, but encountered fierce resistance from the Soviet armed forces. The war dragged on for several years and ended with the total defeat of Germany. The German Instrument of Surrender was signed on 8 May 1945.

The Soviet Union suffered enormous human and economic losses, but its costly victory in the Great Patriotic War played a crucial role in the overthrow of Nazism worldwide and predetermined the outcome of the Second World War.