Depicts the state emblem of the Soviet Union (fourth version, 1956–1991), the country name (USSR), the value and the issue date below.

The state emblem of the Soviet Union is composed of a sickle and a hammer on a globe depicted in the rays of the sun and framed by ears of wheat wrapped around a ribbon with 15 turns. At the top of the emblem is a five-pointed star.

Depicts the cruiser Aurora to the left of the hammer and sickle within a ribbon, the inscription "70 years of the Great October Socialist Revolution" and the date 1917 below.

Aurora is a Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada-class cruisers, built in Saint Petersburg for service in the Pacific. All three ships of this class served during the Russo-Japanese War. Aurora survived the Battle of Tsushima and was interned under US protection in the Philippines, and eventually returned to the Baltic Fleet.

One of the first incidents of the October Revolution in Russia took place on the cruiser Aurora, which reportedly fired the first shot, signalling the beginning of the attack on the Winter Palace.

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