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  • 10 Rubles 2010, Y# 1466, Russia, Federation, 65th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War Victory (1941-1945), Official Emblem
  • 10 Rubles 2010, Y# 1466, Russia, Federation, 65th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War Victory (1941-1945), Official Emblem
Description

The coin commemorates the 65th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Northern, Southern and Central and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It has been known as the Great Patriotic War in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia.

The battles on the Eastern Front constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterized by unprecedented ferocity, wholesale destruction, mass deportations, and immense loss of life due to combat, starvation, exposure, disease, and massacres. Of the estimated 70 million deaths attributed to World War II, over 30 million, many of them civilian, occurred on the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front was decisive in determining the outcome of the European portion of World War II, eventually serving as the main reason for the defeat of Nazi Germany. It resulted in the destruction of the Third Reich, the partition of Germany for nearly half a century and the rise of the Soviet Union as a military and industrial superpower.

Obverse

In the center of the disc indication of the denomination of the coin: 10 RUBLES, inside of the figure 0 hidden pictures of the number 10 and of the inscription RUB visible by turns on changing angle of vision, in the lower part of the disc the mint trade mark (SPMD), on the ring along the rim above the inscription: BANK OF RUSSIA, below the year of issue 2010, to the left and to the right stylized twigs of plants going over to the disc.

БАНК РОССИИ
10
РУБЛЕЙ
2010 СПМД

Reverse

The official emblem of the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. In the centre the five-pointed star of the Order of Glory, along the rim the inscriptions THE VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945 and 65 YEARS.

The Order of Glory (Russian: Орден Славы) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established on November 8, 1943. It was awarded to non-commissioned officers of the Red Army as well as to junior lieutenants of the air force, for bravery in the face of the enemy. It became defunct with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The badge of the "Order of Glory" was a five-pointed star with a central medallion: a golden star with a golden central medallion for the award 1st class, a silver star with a gilt central medallion for the award 2nd class, and a silver star with a silver central medallion for the award 3rd class. The central medallion featured the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin, with a red enamelled five-pointed star at its top and a red enamelled scroll at the bottom bearing the word "GLORY" (Russian: СЛАВА). Laurel branches on each side along the medal circumference stopped just short of the red star. The award serial number was etched above the ring on the reverse of the upper arm of the star.

65 ЛЕТ
ПОБЕДА В ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЕ 1941-1945
СЛАВА

Edge

300 corrugations and the inscription TEN RUBLES recurring twice and divided by asterisks.

ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆ ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆

Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Cupronickel
Weight 5.63 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Saint Petersburg Mint (SPMD)

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