3 Roubles The Opening of the Second Front

Reverse

Against the background of a map of Europe - the stylised national flags, to the left - of Britain and the United States, to the right - of the Soviet Union, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — "ОТКРЫТИЕ" (THE OPENING), at the bottom - "ВТОРОГО ФРОНТА" (OF THE SECOND FRONT), in the center the date in two lines - "ИЮНЬ 1944" (JUNE 1944) (the beginning of military operations on the second front).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ОТКРЫТИЕ
ИЮНЬ 1944
ВТОРОГО ФРОНТА

Translation:
THE OPENING
JUNE
OF THE SECOND FRONT

Engraver: Vasiliy Maximovich Nikischenko

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Edge

Two incised inscriptions "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE ROUBLES), separated by two asterisks.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering: ТРИ РУБЛЯ * ТРИ РУБЛЯ *

Translation: THREE ROUBLES * THREE ROUBLES *

Comment

Date of issue: 01 JUN 1994

For the Russian people the war against the Fascist Germany became from the start a truly patriotic war. The four years of the Great Patriotic War (as the war waged by Russia against the Fascist Germany is called in this country) included the heroic defence of the Brest fortress, the hard-fought defensive battles waged by the Soviet army in the early days of the war, the march past of troops on November 7, 1941, on Red Square wherefrom they went straight to the frontline, the siege of Leningrad, the evacuation of industrial enterprises and people from the frontline regions to the east of the country, hard work for victory in the rear, the victories won by Soviet troops at Moscow, Leningrad and Kursk, the crossing of the Dnieper River, the defence of the Caucasus, the large-scale offensive operations mounted by Soviet troops in 1944-1945 and the ultimate liberation of the Soviet Union and European countries from the German invaders.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1994 ММД	250000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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