Russia, Federation 5 Rubles 2016

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5 Rubles 2016, Y# 1721, Russia, Federation, The 150th Anniversary of Foundation of the Russian Historical Society, Monument to Minin and Pozharsky

Obverse. Photo © Bank of Russia

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The Imperial Russian Historical Society was a public organization of Imperial Russia. It was subject to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Education. It was founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1917. It published studies on Russian history and historical documents connected with the Imperial Russian state. It is most notable as the publisher of the Russian Biographical Dictionary. Its emblem was an image of the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky.

The Monument to Minin and Pozharsky is a bronze statue on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. The statue commemorates Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, who gathered an all-Russian volunteer army and expelled the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of King Sigismund III of Poland from Moscow, thus putting an end to the Time of Troubles in 1612.

Issue date: 26.12.2016

Obverse	Denomination 5 RUBLES in two lines, lower the inscription BANK OF RUSSIA and the issue year, to the left and to the right a stylized twig of a plant, to the right at the rim the Moscow Mint's trademark (MMD). Artist: E. V. Kramskaya 5 ММД РУБЛЕЙ БАНК РОССИИ 2016
Reverse	Art (sculpture, painting etc.) Monument Person (military) Dmitry Pozharsky, Kuzma Minin Depicts the monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow, under it in three lines the inscription: "RUSSIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY", above along the rim the inscription: "FOUNDED IN 1866". Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky (1577-1642), a Rurikid prince, led Russian forces against Polish invaders in 1611-1612 towards the end of the Time of Troubles. He obtained from Mikhail I of Russia (reigned 1613-1645) the unprecedented title Saviour of the Motherland. Kuzma (Kozma) Minin (full name Kuzma Minich Zakhariev-Sukhoruky, died 1616) was a Russian merchant from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, became a national hero for his role in defending the country against the Polish invasion in the early-17th century. ОСНОВАНО В 1866 г. РОССИЙСКОЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО
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2016 Russia, Federation

The 150th Anniversary of Foundation of the Russian Historical Society
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky

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Y# 1721 CBR# 5712-0049

Characteristics

Type	Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material	Nickel Plated Steel
Weight	6 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	round
Alignment	Medal
Mint	Moscow Mint (MMD)