The Savvino Storozhevsky Monastery

Obverse

in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin, lower — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE RUBLES), at the bottom — «1998», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the picture of the panorama of architectural monuments of the Savvino Storozhevsky Monastery and two bells, above the monastery — the inscription: «ОСНОВАН В 1398 г.» (FOUNDED IN 1398). The inscriptions along the rim: «САВВИНО-СТOРОЖЕВСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ», «ЗВЕНИГОРОД» (THE SAVVINO STOROZHEVSKY MONASTERY, ZVENIGOROD).

Authors

The artist: A.A. Kolodkin
The sculptors: A.A. Kolodkin, A.S. Khazov
Moscow Mint (MМД)
The edge: 300 corrugations

The Savvino Storozhevsky Monastery was founded in 1398 near Zvenigorod by the prince Yuri Dmitriyevich, the son of Dmitry Donskoy, and by Sabba, Father-Superior of the Trinity Sergius Monastery, follower of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The architectural ensemble of the monastery is preserved up to our time and consists of the Cathedral of the St. Virgin’s Nativity (1405–1407), the hipped Trinity Church (1654), the refectory with the one-headed Transfiguration Church (1693), the bell tower, the Palace of the Tsar (1650–1654), the chambers of the Empress. The Monastery is the monument to the early Moscow architecture. Important periods of Russian history are connected with its name: reforms of Patriarch Nicon, the schism of the church, the struggle for the power between Peter I and Tsarevna Sofia, the War of liberation of 1812.