The Sleeping Beauty

Obverse

in the center - the inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), divided by the two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin, above - the building of the Bolshoi Theatre, at the top - the inscription along the rim: "БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР" (BOLSHOI THEATRE), at the bottom to the left - the designation of the metal sign, the fineness and the fine metal content, to the right - the mint trademarkt and the mint year "1995". Below - the semicircular inscription along the rim in two lines: «100 РУБЛЕЙ» (100 RUBLES).

Reverse

a scene from the ball in the final act of the ballet, bellow - a floral ornament, from left to right - the inscription along the rim: «СПЯЩАЯ КРАСАВИЦА» (THE SLEEPING BEAUTY).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptors: A.V. Baklanov, A.A. Dolgopolova
St. Petersburg Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 360 corrugations

The ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" was created by the great Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky in 1889. It was first performed on the stage of St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre on January 3, 1890. Based on Charles Perault's fairy tale about the anguished love between Princess Aurora and Prince Desire and the triumph of good over evil, it was choreographed by Marius Petipa. The libretto to the ballet was written by I. A. Vsevolzhsky, Director of the Imperial Theatres.