3 rubles — Russian Federation (1993) — Victory on the Kursk Bulge
The 50th Anniversary of Victory on the Kursk Bulge

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.A. Kolodkin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: M.A. Sysa

Special facts

A 1993 3-rouble coin for the 50th anniversary of the victory at the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943, after which the strategic initiative passed to the Red Army for good. The Soviet command knew in advance of the German offensive plan, Operation Citadel, and built a deep defence, while the Germans used Tiger and Panther tanks here on a large scale for the first time.

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: 1993

Other items of the period

• 1992
• 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
• 50 rubles (1993) — Turkmen Eyelid Gecko Y# 331
• 50 rubles (1993) — Caucasian Grouse Y# 332
• 50 rubles (1993) — Oriental Stork Y# 333
• 50 rubles (1993) — Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin Y# 334
• 1994
• 3 rubles (1994) — Liberation of Leningrad Y# 341
• 3 rubles (1994) — Liberation of Sevastopol Y# 346
• 3 rubles (1994) — Second Front Y# 362
• 3 rubles (1994) — Partisan Movement Y# 365

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