1 Rouble - Nicholas II 1896 - Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna

This 2009 issue commemorates the coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, which took place on May 14, 1896, at the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin — the traditional site of tsarist coronations. The ceremony was followed days later by the Khodynka Tragedy, in which a crowd stampede on the outskirts of Moscow killed over 1,300 people gathered for public celebrations. Nicholas's decision to attend a French ambassador's ball that same evening permanently damaged his public standing.