3 Roubles The Republic of Mari El

Reverse

The mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of a musician dressed in a national costume playing the Mari bagpipe, and a woman dancing a Mari folk dance against the background of a stylised urban landscape; the upper part of the coin bears a traditional Mari ornament along the rim; on the bottom, there are inscriptions ‘РЕСПУБЛИКА МАРИЙ ЭЛ’ (REPUBLIC OF MARI EL), ‘100 ЛЕТ’ (100 YEARS).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
100 ЛЕТ
РЕСПУБЛИКА МАРИЙ ЭЛ

Translation:
years
Republic of Mari El

Engraver: Alexey Vladimirovich Gnidin

Designer: Alexey Vladimirovich Gnidin

Edge

300 corrugations

Comment

Date of issue: 07 SEP 2020

The Mari (formerly named the Cheremis) are indigenous people of the Republic; they formed as a community by the end of the first millennium AD. At the same time, they fell under the influence of the Khazar Khaganate, then under the Volga Bulgaria, the Golden Horde, and finally they became the subjects of the Kazan Khanate. For a long time the homeland of the Mari was a battleground between the West and the East, the Slavic and the Turkic peoples. In the middle of the 16th century, the Mari region was incorporated into the Russian State. Since then, its history has been intertwined with the history of Russia, Russians and other peoples of the country.
On 4 November 1920, the Mari Autonomous Area was established. On 5 December 1936, it was reorganised into the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (the Mari ASSR) in accordance with the Soviet Constitution. On 22 December 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Mari ASSR approved the Declaration of the State Sovereignty of the Republic. On 22 March 1992, the Mari El Republic, among other constituent territories of the Russian Federation, signed the Treaty of Federation. On 8 July 1992, the republic was officially named the Mari El Republic.
Today the Republic is a tourist gem with its picturesque and crystal clear lakes. The lakeshores host tourist camping sites, sports and recreation camps and retreat centres. Numerous mineral springs mostly coming from the valleys of the Ilet and Yushut rivers are used for medical purposes in recreation and retreat centres and hospitals. Mariy Chodra, the national park located on the Maple Mountain, is the noteworthy nature reserve area. The pilgrimage tours of holy sites (monasteries, churches and sacred springs) and religious groves are always popular among visitors.
Source: http://mari-el.gov.ru

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2020 СПМД	3000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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