“Outstanding Personalities of Russia” series

Russian Federation, 1993–2026

In the catalogue: commemorative coins — 6, collector coins — 121.

One of the largest series about people: since 1993 the Bank of Russia has issued coins for the anniversaries of writers, scientists, composers, artists, explorers and statesmen.

The first coins, of 1993, are copper-nickel roubles with Borodin, Turgenev, Timiryazev, Mayakovsky, Derzhavin and Vernadsky; from 1994 the series has been struck in silver with a face value of 2 roubles. The uniform format, a portrait with the name and dates, makes it convenient for a themed collection.

1993 6

	1 ruble — Russian Federation (1993) — Vladimir Vernadsky Y# 319 1993 · Copper-nickel	+
	1 ruble — Russian Federation (1993) — Gavrila Derzhavin Y# 325 1993 · Copper-nickel	+
	1 ruble — Russian Federation (1993) — Vladimir Mayakovsky Y# 327 1993 · Copper-nickel	+
	1 ruble — Russian Federation (1993) — Kliment Timiryazev Y# 326 1993 · Copper-nickel	+
	1 ruble — Russian Federation (1993) — Ivan Turgenev Y# 348 1993 · Copper-nickel	+
	1 ruble — Russian Federation (1993) — Alexander Borodin Y# 347 1993 · Copper-nickel	+

1994 5

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1994) — P.P. Bazhov Y# 342 1994 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1994) — I.A. Krylov Y# 343 1994 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1994) — N.V. Gogol Y# 344 1994 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1994) — F.F. Ushakov Y# 363 1994 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1994) — I.Y. Repin Y# 364 1994 · Silver	+

1995 4

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — A.S. Griboyedov Y# 377 1995 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — M.I. Kutuzov Y# 415 1995 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — S.A. Yessenin Y# 414 1995 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — I.A. Bunin Y# 449 1995 · Silver	+

1996 2

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1996) — Nikolai Nekrasov Y# 514 1996 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1996) — Fedor Dostoyevsky Y# 515 1996 · Silver	+

1997 6

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — A.N. Skryabin Y# 550 1997 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — N.E. Zhukovsky Y# 549 1997 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — A.L. Tchizhevsky Y# 551 1997 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — Afanasy Nikitin's Voyage to India Y# 558 1997 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — Afanasy Nikitin's Voyage to India Y# 559 1997 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — A.K. Savrasov Y# 584 1997 · Silver	+

1998 6

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1998) — K.S. Stanislavsky Y# 609 1998 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1998) — K.S. Stanislavsky Y# 610 1998 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1998) — S.M. Eisenstein Y# 607 1998 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1998) — S.M. Eisenstein Y# 608 1998 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1998) — V.M. Vasnetsov Y# 620 1998 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1998) — V.M. Vasnetsov Y# 621 1998 · Silver	+

1999 7

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1999) — I.P. Pavlov Y# 654 1999 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1999) — I.P. Pavlov Y# 655 1999 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1999) — N.K. Rerikh Y# 650 1999 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1999) — N.K. Rerikh Y# 651 1999 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1999) — K.L. Khetagurov Y# 649 1999 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1999) — K.P. Bryullov Y# 652 1999 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (1999) — K.P. Bryullov Y# 653 1999 · Silver	+

2000 4

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2000) — S.V. Kovalevskaya Y# 662 2000 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2000) — F.A. Vassiliyev Y# 660 2000 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2000) — E.A. Baratynsky Y# 659 2000 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2000) — M.I. Chigorin Y# 704 2000 · Silver	+

2001 1

2 rubles — Russian Federation (2001) — V.I. Dal
Y# 730
2001 · Silver

2002 1

2 rubles — Russian Federation (2002) — L.P. Orlova
Y# 793
2002 · Silver

2003 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2003) — I.V. Kurchatov CBR# 5110-0046 2003 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2003) — F.I. Tyutchev Y# 841 2003 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2003) — V.A. Gilyarovsky Y# 840 2003 · Silver	+

2004 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2004) — V.P. Chkalov Y# 842 2004 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2004) — M.I. Glinka Y# 843 2004 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2004) — S.N. Rerikh Y# 1021 2004 · Silver	+

2005 2

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2005) — M.A. Sholokhov Y# 905 2005 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2005) — P.K. Klodt Y# 909 2005 · Silver	+

2006 5

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2006) — O.K. Antonov Y# 1054 2006 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2006) — M.A. Vrubel Y# 1055 2006 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2006) — S.A. Gerasimov CBR# 5110-0074 2006 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2006) — A.A. Ivanov Y# 1056 2006 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2006) — D.D. Shostakovich Y# 1057 2006 · Silver	+

2007 6

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2007) — S.P. Korolyov Y# 1104 2007 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2007) — V.M. Bekhterev Y# 1105 2007 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2007) — L. Euler Y# 1106 2007 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2007) — V.P. Soloviev-Sedoy Y# 1107 2007 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2007) — M.M. Gerasimov Y# 967 2007 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2007) — K.E. Tsiolkovsky Y# 968 2007 · Silver	+

2008 7

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — Physicist L.D. Landau Y# 1131 2008 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — Academician V.P. Glushko Y# 1132 2008 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — Violinist D.F. Oistrakh Y# 1133 2008 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — Physicist I.M. Frank Y# 1134 2008 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — Children's Writer N.N. Nosov Y# 1135 2008 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Y# 1136 2008 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — Sculptor E.V. Vuchetich Y# 1137 2008 · Silver	+

2009 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2009) — Poet A.V. Koltsov Y# 1190 2009 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2009) — Architect A.N. Voronikhin Y# 1191 2009 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2009) — Ballerina G.S. Ulanova Y# 1192 2009 · Silver	+

2010 2

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2010) — Painter I.I. Levitan Y# 1217 2010 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2010) — Surgeon N.I. Pirogov Y# 1216 2010 · Silver	+

2011 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2011) — Chess-player M.M. Botvinnik Y# 1319 2011 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2011) — Actor A.I. Raykin Y# 1320 2011 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2011) — M.V. Lomonosov CBR# 5110-0111 2011 · Silver	+

2012 5

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2012) — P.A. Stolypin Y# 1326 2012 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2012) — Painter I.N. Kramskoy Y# 1328 2012 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2012) — Writer I.A. Goncharov Y# 1325 2012 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2012) — Statesman A.I. Vasilyev Y# 1329 2012 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2012) — Painter M.V. Nesterov Y# 1327 2012 · Silver	+

2013 4

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2013) — Composer A.S. Dargomyzhsky Y# 1419 2013 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2013) — Naturalist V.I. Vernadsky Y# 1426 2013 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2013) — V.S. Chernomyrdin Y# 1427 2013 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2013) — Pilot A.I. Pokryshkin Y# 1431 2013 · Silver	+

2014 1

2 rubles — Russian Federation (2014) — Constructor V.N. Chelomey
Y# 1550
2014 · Silver

2015 4

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2015) — Painter V.A. Serov Y# 1601 2015 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2015) — Pianist S.T. Richter Y# 1600 2015 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2015) — Composer P.I. Tchaikovsky Y# 1599 2015 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2015) — Composer A.K. Glazunov Y# 1598 2015 · Silver	+

2016 4

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2016) — N.M. Karamzin Y# 1679 2016 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2016) — Composer S.S. Prokofiev Y# 1680 2016 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2016) — Pianist E.G. Gilels Y# 1677 2016 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2016) — Poet G.M. Tukay Y# 1678 2016 · Silver	+

2017 4

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2017) — P.P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Y# 1760 2017 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2017) — K.D. Balmont Y# 1759 2017 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2017) — I.K. Aivazovsky Y# 1758 2017 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2017) — Yu.P. Lyubimov Y# 1761 2017 · Silver	+

2018 5

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2018) — M.I. Petipa Y# 1791 2018 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2018) — Maxim Gorky Y# 1789 2018 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2018) — V.Ya. Struve Y# 1793 2018 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2018) — Poet and actor V.S. Vysotsky Y# 1792 2018 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2018) — Writer A.I. Solzhenitsyn Y# 1790 2018 · Silver	+

2019 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2019) — V.V. Bianki Y# 1859 2019 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2019) — M.T. Kalashnikov Y# 1858 2019 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2019) — Mustai Karim Y# 1857 2019 · Silver	+

2020 4

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2020) — D.I. Vinogradov Y# 1900 2020 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2020) — I.A. Bunin Y# 1898 2020 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2020) — Ivan F. Krusenstern Y# 1899 2020 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2020) — A.A. Fet Y# 1897 2020 · Silver	+

2021 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2021) — Academician Andrey Sakharov Y# 1960 2021 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2021) — Novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky Y# 1961 2021 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2021) — Poet Nikolay Nekrasov Y# 1962 2021 · Silver	+

2022 1

2 rubles — Russian Federation (2022) — N.Y. Danilevsky
Y# 1996
2022 · Silver

2023 5

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2023) — Mikhail Prishvin Y# 2044 2023 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2023) — Feodor Chaliapin Y# 2043 2023 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2023) — Alexander Ostrovsky Y# 2042 2023 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2023) — Sergei Rachmaninoff Y# 2045 2023 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2023) — Rasul Gamzatov Y# 2064 2023 · Silver	+

2024 2

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2024) — Pianist Elena Gnesina Y# 2089 2024 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2024) — Surgeon Alexander Vishnevsky Y# 2088 2024 · Silver	+

2025 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2025) — Kayum Nasyri Y# 2118 2025 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2025) — Rear Admiral Alexander Mozhaisky Y# 2117 2025 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2025) — Financier Evgeny Lamansky CBR# 5110-0191 2025 · Silver	+

2026 3

	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2026) — Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin CBR# 5110-0192 2026 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2026) — Surgeon Nikolay Burdenko CBR# 5110-0195 2026 · Silver	+
	2 rubles — Russian Federation (2026) — Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov CBR# 5110-0196 2026 · Silver	+