The 55th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945

Obverse

to the left - the Order of Glory, to the right - the inscription in four lines: "55 ЛЕТ ВЕЛИКОЙ ПОБЕДЫ" (THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT VICTORY), at the bottom - a stylized laurel twig, to the left along the rim, in the lower part near the edge, - the letters indicating the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

a soldier with a rifle sitting on a box during a rest and holding a self-rolled cigarette in his hands, to the right - the dates in two lines: "1941" "1945", under them - a stylized laurel twig.

Authors

The artist: A.V.Baklanov
The sculptors: A.S.Kunats,A.A.Dolgopolova.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД)
The edge: the inscriptions "БАНК РОССИИ" "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" "2000" (BANK OF RUSSIA THREE RUBLES 2000) divided by a dot.