The Millennium of Founding the City of Kazan

Obverse

in the centre – the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, 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 year of issue «2005», 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

in the cartouche, against the background of the Kazan city outlines – a theatre’s building. The inscription along the rim on the matted field of a national ornament: «ТАТАРСКИЙ АКАДЕМИЧЕСКИЙ ТЕАТР ОПЕРЫ И БАЛЕТА ИМ. М. ДЖАЛИЛЯ» (M. JALIL TATAR ACADEMIC OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE).

Authors

The Artist: A.D. Schablykin.
The Sculptor: E.I. Novikova..
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The Edge: 300 Corrugations.

Apart from opera and ballet performances the International F.I. Shalyapin opera festival and Rudolf Nureyev classic ballet festival are held in the Moussa Jalil Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.