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  • 25 Rubles 2022, CBR# 5015-0065, Russia, Federation, Russian Animation, Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf
  • 25 Rubles 2022, CBR# 5015-0065, Russia, Federation, Russian Animation, Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf
Description

Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf also commonly known as Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf (Russian: Иван Царевич и Серый волк, romanized: Ivan Tsarevich i Seriy volk) is a 2011 Russian animated film directed by Vladimir Toropchin.

The young princess Vasilisa from a faraway kingdom is too enthusiastic about her education and she dreams of marrying out of love only. Her father, an elderly king, not unfamiliar with intrigues, gives up in trying to get his daughter to "settle down". Meanwhile, his minister, cunning and dexterous, but not very intelligent, under the influence of a living shadow-spirit with sin in half decides to steal the famous royal key from the secret storage. In the opinion of this spirit, the best way to realize this plan is to marry Vasilisa. However, before the minister manages to convince the king in what he wants, the king announces to his daughter that she must marry the first man she meets. And this man turns out to be a certain Ivan from the neighboring kingdom - a simple guy, hard-working and good-natured, who dreams of becoming a fireman. By chance, the "unwilling bride and groom" fall in love with each other. Ivan needs to pass a fabulous test to marry the tsar’s daughter. The Grey Wolf helps Ivan in doing this.

Date of issue: 27.05.2022

Obverse

In the centre the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, above the semicircular inscription along the rim THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION framed on both sides by ornamental elements of doubled rhombuses, in the lower part of the disc, at the edge the horizontal inscriptions BANK OF RUSSIA and 25 RUBLES, the date 2022 under it, over it to the right the mint trade mark.

The two main elements of Russian state symbols (the two-headed eagle and the mounted figure slaying the dragon) predate Peter the Great. Today, however, the official description does not refer to the rider on the central shield as representing Saint George, mainly in order to maintain the secular character of the modern Russian state. The imperial crowns on each head stand for the unity and sovereignty of Russia, both as a whole and in its constituent republics and regions. The orb and scepter grasped in the eagle's talons are traditional heraldic symbols of sovereign power and authority. They have been retained in the modern Russian arms despite the fact that the Russian Federation is not a monarchy.

Artist: E. V. Kramskaya
Sculptor: A. A. Dolgopolova

РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
ММД
БАНК РОССИИ
25 РУБЛЕЙ
2022 г.

Reverse

Depicts an image of Ivan Tsarevich, Vasilisa and Gray Wolf, the characters of the Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf animation film against the background of a relief image of the Far Far Away Kingdom’s panoramic picture; at the top, there is a coloured inscription in two lines: ‘Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf'.

Artist: A. D. Schablykin
Sculptor: A. N. Bessonov

Иван Царевич
и cерый волк

Edge

180 corrugations

25 Rubles

Russian Animation
Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf

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CBR# 5015-0065
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Cupronickel
Weight 10 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 2.3 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Moscow Mint (MMD)

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