The 100th Anniversary of the Birthday of S.P.Korolyov

Obverse

in the centre – the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it – the semicircular inscription «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim – on top: «ДВА РУБЛЯ» (TWO RUBLES), below: to the left – indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre – the year of issue «2007 г.» (2007), to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

in the centre – the portrait of S.P. Korolyov, under it – the facsimile signature of the designer and the dates in two lines «1907» and «1966», to the left – a starting spacecraft, in the background – stylized images of the globe, trajectories of space flights, and starry sky.

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov, National Artist of Russia.
The sculptor: U.S. Gogol
Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.

Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov (1907-1966) – Russian scientist, designer of rocket and space systems. Under his management rockets, artificial satellites of the Earth, manned spaceships «Vostok» and «Voskhod» had been created, on which for the first time in the history the space flight with the man onboard and the man’s going into the outer space were accomplished.