3 rubles — Russian Federation (1992) — Victory of the Russian Democratic Forces
Victory of the Democratic Forces of Russia on August 19-21, 1991

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.A. Kolodkin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: A.A. Novichkov

Special facts

A 1992 3-rouble coin for the anniversary of the events of August 1991, when the attempted coup (the State Emergency Committee) failed in Moscow. On 19–21 August 1991 the defenders of the White House in Moscow kept the plotters from seizing power, and on 22 August the tricolour was raised over the building; the day is marked as Russian State Flag Day.

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: 1992

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• 1992
• 1 ruble (1992) — State Sovereignty of Russia Y# 303
• 1 ruble (1992) — Yakub Kolas Y# 305
• 1 ruble (1992) — Pavel Nakhimov Y# 306
• 1 ruble (1992) — Yanka Kupala Y# 320
• 1 ruble (1992) — Nikolai Lobachevsky Y# 321
• 3 rubles (1992) — International Space Year Y# 297
• 3 rubles (1992) — Battle of Chudskoye Lake Y# 298
• 3 rubles (1992) — North Convoy Y# 304
• 3 rubles (1992) — Victory of the Russian Democratic Forces Y# 317
• 5 rubles (1992) — The Mausoleum-Mosque of Akhmed Yasavi Y# 322
• 10 rubles (1992) — Red-Breasted Goose Y# 307
• 10 rubles (1992) — Siberian Tiger Y# 308
• 10 rubles (1992) — Central Asian Cobra Y# 309
• 1993
• 1 ruble (1993) — Vladimir Vernadsky Y# 319
• 1 ruble (1993) — Gavrila Derzhavin Y# 325
• 1 ruble (1993) — Kliment Timiryazev Y# 326
• 1 ruble (1993) — Vladimir Mayakovsky Y# 327
• 1 ruble (1993) — Alexander Borodin Y# 347
• 1 ruble (1993) — Ivan Turgenev Y# 348
• 3 rubles (1993) — Battle of Stalingrad Y# 318
• 3 rubles (1993) — Victory on the Kursk Bulge Y# 328
• 3 rubles (1993) — Liberation of Kiev Y# 340
• 5 rubles (1993) — Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra Y# 324
• 5 rubles (1993) — Merv Y# 339
• 50 rubles (1993) — Himalayan Bear Y# 330

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