2 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — A.S. Griboyedov
The 200th Anniversary of the Birth of A.S. Griboyedov

Obverse

Designer/engraver: V. I. Zaslavsky

Reverse

Designer/engraver: V. I. Zaslavsky, A.A. Kolodkin

Special facts

Silver 2 roubles of 1995 for the bicentenary of Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829), author of "Woe from Wit" and a diplomat killed in Tehran when the Russian mission was sacked.

About the period

The coins and banknotes of the Bank of Russia of 1992–1996 were the first money of the Russian Federation. They were issued in years of high inflation: denominations grew fast, and the metal of the coins got cheaper. More about the period “Bank of Russia”, 1992 — 1996

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1995

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• 1994
• 50 rubles (1994) — Sable Y# 525
• 50 rubles (1994) — D.G. Levitsky Y# 531
• 100 rubles (1994) — Russian Ballet Y# 427
• 100 rubles (1994) — Sable Y# 526
• 100 rubles (1994) — V.V. Kandinsky Y# 532
• 150 rubles (1994) — Russian Ballet Y# 430
• 150 rubles (1994) — The First Russian Antarctic Expedition Y# 523
• 150 rubles (1994) — M.A. Vrubel Y# 533
• 200 rubles (1994) — Sable Y# 527
• 1995
• 1 ruble (1995) — Oriental Stork Y# 446
• 1 ruble (1995) — Caucasian Grouse Y# 447
• 1 ruble (1995) — Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin Y# 448
• 2 rubles (1995) — A.S. Griboyedov Y# 377
• 2 rubles (1995) — Victory Parade in Moscow Y# 391
• 2 rubles (1995) — Victory Parade in Moscow Y# 392
• 2 rubles (1995) — Nuremberg War Crime Trial Y# 393
• 2 rubles (1995) — S.A. Yessenin Y# 414
• 2 rubles (1995) — M.I. Kutuzov Y# 415
• 2 rubles (1995) — I.A. Bunin Y# 449
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Golden Gate, XIIth Century, Vladimir Y# 388
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Sleeping Beauty Y# 394
• 3 rubles (1995) — United Nations Y# 407
• 3 rubles (1995) — Smolensk Kremlin, 11th-18th Centuries Y# 445
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Wooden Architecture of Kizhi Y# 459
• 3 rubles (1995) — S.I. Chelyuskin Y# 461

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