Yaroslavl (to the Millennium of the Town's Foundation)

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed bу а circle of dots and inscriptions, above - the denomination: "ДЕСЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ" (TEN THOUSAND RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal, its fineness and the mint trade mark, in the centre – the уеаr of issue "2010 г." (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the ordinal number sign of the coin №___.

Reverse

in the frame of the vegetable ornament - the architectural ensemble of a monastery, in the centre - the Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral, in the front of it, in a vignette - a detachment of ancient warriors, a chronicler, and two flying birds, inscriptions - on top: "СПАСО-ПРЕОБРАЖЕНСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ" (THE SAVIOR'S TRANSFIGURATION CATHEDRAL), on bottom: "ЯРОСЛАВЛЬ" (YAROSLAVL).

Authors

The artist: A.D. Schablykin.
The sculptor: A.I. Molostov.
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 360 corrugations.

The architectural ensemble of the Savior's Transfiguration Monastery (the XVIth c) includes the Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral, the Church of the Yaroslavl Wonder-Workers, the Refectory, Prior's Chamber, the Belfry, the Sacristy, the building of monastic cells, towers and stone wall. In 1612 the people's volunteer corps under Minin and Pozharsky set out from its walls to liberate Moscow. In the 1790s, the manuscript of the ancient Russian poem "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" was found in the monastery's library.