10 Roubles Metallurgy Worker

Part of the Bank of Russia's long-running "Cities of Military Glory" and occupational series, this issue belongs to a broader program celebrating Soviet-era industrial heritage — though by 2020 the bimetallic steel-core format had been standard for over a decade, keeping production costs low enough to justify commemorative circulation strikes at face value. Metallurgy as a theme reflects Russia's persistent identification with heavy industry as a national foundation, rooted in Stalinist industrialization drives that transformed the Ural and Siberian regions into the world's fourth-largest steel-producing economy by the 1970s.