3 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — Liberation of Koenigsberg
The Liberation of Europe from Fascism. Koenigsberg

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.A. Kolodkin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: A.S. Khazov

Special facts

A 1995 3-rouble coin for the 50th anniversary of the storming of Königsberg, taken on 9 April 1945. The city was thought an impregnable fortress with three belts of fortifications and forts, yet the assault took four days, from 6 to 9 April. More than 760,000 people received the medal “For the Capture of Königsberg”. The assault was commanded by Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky.

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

Other items of the period

• 1994
• 3 rubles (1994) — Liberation of Sevastopol Y# 346
• 3 rubles (1994) — Second Front Y# 362
• 3 rubles (1994) — Partisan Movement Y# 365
• 3 rubles (1994) — Liberation of Belgrade Y# 366
• 50 rubles (1994) — Sandy Mole-Rat Y# 367
• 50 rubles (1994) — European Bison Y# 368
• 50 rubles (1994) — Goitered Gazelle Y# 369
• 50 rubles (1994) — Peregrine Falcon Y# 370
• 50 rubles (1994) — Flamingo Y# 371
• 1995
• 1 ruble (1995) — Great Victory Y# 399
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Warsaw Y# 378
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Budapest Y# 379
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Koenigsberg Y# 380
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Vienna Y# 381
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Meeting on the Elbe Y# 382
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Berlin Y# 383
• 3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Fascist Germany Y# 384
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Prague Y# 385
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Defeat of the Kwangtung Army Y# 386
• 3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Japan Y# 387
• 5 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 400
• 10 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 401
• 20 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 402
• 50 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 403
• 100 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 404

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