25 Roubles The Konevsky Monastery of the St. Virgin's Nativity

The Konevsky Monastery sits on Konevets Island in Lake Ladoga, founded in 1393 by the monk Arseny of Novgorod. Its history is defined by repeated abandonment — Swedish occupation in the seventeenth century drove the monks out entirely for over a century, and the community was only fully reestablished in the 1820s under Finnish ecclesiastical administration. When Finland ceded territory to the Soviet Union in 1940, the brotherhood evacuated to mainland Finland, where they remained until returning to Russian jurisdiction after 1990.

This coin is part of the Bank of Russia's long-running series on Orthodox monasteries, issued in .925 silver at the 169g / 60mm specification the series used consistently for its flagship pieces from the early 2000s onward.

The Konevsky Monastery sits on Konevets Island in Lake Ladoga, founded in 1393 by the monk Arseny of Novgorod. Swedish occupation in the seventeenth century forced abandonment for over a hundred years; reestablishment came only in the 1820s under Finnish ecclesiastical oversight. When the Winter War ended in 1940 and Finland ceded the Karelian territories, the brotherhood evacuated to mainland Finland — where they maintained an exile community for five decades before returning to Russian jurisdiction after Soviet dissolution.