The Ugreshsky-Saint Nicholas 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 - the date "2000", 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

to the left - the figure of Saint Nicholas, to the right - a fragment of the monastery wall, in the background - the Transfiguration Cathedral and the Bell Tower, at the bottom - the inscription in two lines: "НИКОЛО-УГРЕШСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ" (THE UGRESHSKY-SAINT NICHOLAS MONASTERY).

Authors

The artist: V.M.Yerokhin
The sculptor: E.A.Tolzin
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 300 corrugations

According to a legend, the icon of St. Nicholas appeared in 1380 before Dmitriy Donskoy (1350-1389, the Grand Duke of Moscow and Vladimir, the leader of the struggle of Russian troops against the Tartar-Mongolians), 15 kilometers from Moscow, and betokened a successful completion of the battle on the Kulikovo Plane. The Ugreshsky-Saint Nicholas Monastery was erected on the place of the miraculous appearance of the icon.