150 Roubles Alexander the Nevsky

Reverse

Four Russian warriors fighting against a Swedish knight, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "1000-летие России * Александр Невский" (The Millennium of Russia * Alexander the Nevsky), at the bottom - "Сражение на реке Нева + 1240 г." (The battle on the river Neva + 1240).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
1000-ЛЕТИЕ РОССИИ * АЛЕКСАНДР НЕВСКИЙ
СРАЖЕНИЕ НА РЕКЕ НЕВА + 1240 г.

Translation:
Anniversary Russia * Alexander the Nevsky
The battle on the river Neva

Engraver: Igor Sergeevich Komshilov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Edge

240 corrugations

Comment

Date of issue: 28 DEC 1995

Alexander the Nevsky (1220-1263), a Novgorod prince, was an outstanding Russian military commander, statesman, political leader and diplomat. He was born in Pereslavl-Zelessky and all his wide-ranging activities are linked with one of the most difficult periods of Russian history. The north-eastern and southern part of Russia languished under the Tatar-Mongol yoke, while the north-west of Russia was attacked by the German and Swedish knights. Alexander the Nevsky led the struggle against the foreign invaders and his troops defeated the Swedish army on the River Neva in 1240 and the German knights on Lake Chudskoye in 1242. In 1252 he became the Grand Duke of Vladimir. Alexander the Nevsky died on November 15, 1263, in Gorodets, a town on the Volga. He was canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1995 ЛМД	3000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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