10 Roubles Kozelsk

Reverse

A view of the Nikolskaya Church, an image of the municipal arms of Kozelsk at the upper left, and the inscriptions on the outer ring along the rim: ‘ДРЕВНИЕ ГОРОДА РОССИИ’ (ANCIENT TOWNS OF RUSSIA) at the top and ‘КОЗЕЛЬСК’ (KOZELSK) at the bottom.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ДРЕВНИЕ ГОРОДА РОССИИ
КОЗЕЛЬСК

Translation:
Ancient Towns of Russia
Kozelsk

Engraver: Alexander Nikolaevich Bessonov

Designer: Alexey Vladimirovich Gnidin

Edge

300 corrugations and the inscription recurring twice and divided by asterisks

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering: ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ * ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ *

Translation: Ten Roubles * Ten Roubles *

Comment

Date of issue: 20 JUL 2020

Kozelsk is a town in the Kaluga Region of the Russian Federation. This town was first mentioned in Russian chronicles back in 1146.

Founded at the place of an ancient settlement of Vyatichi Slavs, Kozelsk was originally part of the Chernigov Principality. Then, as a result of the internal strife between principalities, the town became part of the Principality of Novgorod-Seversk as a sub-principality.

Kozelsk is famous for the legendary seven-week defence against Batu Khan’s army in 1238. All residents died, the town was destroyed, while Batu Khan infuriated by Kozelsk’s fortitude dubbed it an ‘evil town’.

Later on, Kozelsk became part of the Karachev Principality. In the second half of the 14th century, the town was under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1494, Kozelsk became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In 1708–1713, Kozelsk belonged to the Smolensk Governorate. In 1713, the town became part of the Moscow Governorate. From 1719, Kozelsk was part of the Kaluga Province. Beginning in 1776, Kozelsk was the chief town of the Kaluga Viceroyalty (later, the Kaluga Governorate). In the 18th–19th centuries, Kozelsk was a transit trading town between Russia and Ukraine.

From 8 October through 28 December 1941, Kozelsk was occupied by Nazi aggressors. On 5 December 2009, Kozelsk was awarded the honorary title ‘City of Military Glory’ for the courage, fortitude and valour of people who defended Kozelsk.

Sources: http://kozelskadm.ru, https://kozelskgp-adm.ru

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2020 ММД	5000000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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