Feodor Shaliapin

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 the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — "3 РУБЛЯ 1993 г." (3 RUBLES 1993), at the bottom — "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

Feodor Chaliapin against the background of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, to the left - a lyre and laurel branch, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — "РОССИЯ И МИРОВАЯ КУЛЬТУРА" (RUSSIA AND WORLD CULTURE), at the bottom - "ФЕДОР ШАЛЯПИН" (FEODOR SHALIAPIN).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptors: L.S. Kamshilov, A.V. Baklanov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 300 corrugations

Feodor Ivanovich Shaliapin (1873-1938) - an outstanding Russian bass singer, who first performed in Savva Mamontov's Moscow Private Opera House and then in the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres. He was unsurpassed in the leading roles of the Russian classical operas "Boris Godunov", "The Mermaid", "Pskovitjanka" ("The Girl from Pskov") and "A Life for the Tsar". His rendition of folk songs and romances greatly impressed his contemporaries.