25 Roubles THE SLOOP "MIRNY"

Reverse

The sloop "Mirny", to the right - a portrait of M.P. Lazarev, below - a map of the Antarctic, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — "ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819-1821" (THE FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1819-1821), at the bottom - "ШЛЮП "МИРНЫЙ" М.П. ЛАЗАРЕВ" (THE SLOOP "MIRNY" M. P. LAZAREV).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
"ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819 -1821"
"ШЛЮП <МИРНЫЙ> М.П. ЛАЗАРЕВ"

Translation:
THE FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
THE SLOOP "MIRNY" M. P. LAZAREV

Engravers: A. A. Dolgopolova, Alexandra Arsenyevna Dolgopolova

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Edge

300 corrugations

Comment

Date of issue: 06 SEP 1994

The Antarctic - a vast continent with an area of 13,975,000 square kilometres. The mainland and several islands in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans were discovered in January 1820 by the Russian expedition of 1819-1921 on board of the naval sailing sloops "Mirny" (built in 1818, displacement: 530 tons) and "Vostok" (built in 1818, displacement: 900 tons). The first Russian Antarctic expedition was led by the captain of the "Mirny", Admiral Faddei Bellingshausen (1778-1852), a Russian navigator who participated in the first Russian voyage around the world in 1803-1806. The commander of the "Vostok" was Admiral Mikhail Lazarev (1788-1851), a Russian naval commander and navigator who participated in three voyages around the globe.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1994 ЛМД	4000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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