Obverse. Photo © Bank of Russia
  • 10 Rubles 2021, CBR# 5714-0076, Russia, Federation, Cities of Labour Valour, Yekaterinburg
  • 10 Rubles 2021, CBR# 5714-0076, Russia, Federation, Cities of Labour Valour, Yekaterinburg
Description

City of Labour Valour is a Russian honorary title assigned to cities who had an outstanding record of uninterrupted production of military and civilian products at industrial enterprises during World War II. It was established by federal law dated to 1 March 2020. The title is awarded by decree of the President of the Russian Federation. It was created as part of the diamond jubilee celebrations of the end of the war in 2020. It was awarded to twenty Russian cities. This distinction corresponds to the distinction of Hero City and City of Military Glory.

There are many privileges that come with being awarded with the title. In a city that was awarded the title, a stele is installed with the coat of arms of the city. On public events such as Labour Day, Victory Day (9 May) and their individual City Day, the city is entitled to host a fireworks show.

Issue date: 18.11.2021

Obverse

Depicts the inscriptions along the circumference: BANK OF RUSSIA at the top and ‘2021’ at the bottom, branches of the bay tree and oak tree on the left and right respectively. The number ‘10’ and the inscription RUBLES in the centre. The digit ‘0’ features a security element inside in the form of the figure ‘10’ and the inscription RUB visible at various viewing angles to the coin surface. The Moscow Mint trademark at the bottom.

БАНК РОССИИ
10 РУБЛЕЙ
2021
ММД

Reverse

Depicts a fragment of the monument to the Urals Volunteer Tank Corps (1962); along the circumference inscriptions: YEKATERINBURG at the top and CITIES OF LABOUR VALOUR on the band at the bottom.

Yekaterinburg, formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924–1991), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia. Yekaterinburg is the fourth-largest city in Russia, and the largest city in the Ural Federal District, as well as one of the main cultural and industrial centres of Russia. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "Third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of economy, culture, transportation and tourism.

Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Russian emperor Peter the Great's wife, who after his death became Catherine I, Yekaterina being the Russian form of her name.

ЕКАТЕРИНБУРГ
ГОРОДА ТРУДОВОЙ ДОБЛЕСТИ

Edge

6 sections with 5 corrugations and 6 sections with 7 corrugations alternated with 12 smooth sections

Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Brass Plated Steel
Weight 5.63 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Moscow Mint (MMD)

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