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3 Rouble People's Voluntary Corps
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dramatic historical scene commemorating the People's Militia of 1612, showing two prominent figures: Kuzma Minin, a bearded man wearing a fur hat, and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, a bearded figure clad in a helmet and chainmail armour. Between or above the figures, a Christ's banner (religious military standard) is rendered in relief. The legend НАРОДНОЕ ОПОЛЧЕНИЕ (PEOPLE'S MILITIA) arcs across the design, accompanied by the date 1612 referencing the liberation of Moscow. The composition is executed in fine proof relief against a mirror-polished field. |
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Issued to mark the 200th anniversary of the 1812 patriotic war series, this coin commemorates the народное ополчение — the civilian militias raised across Russian cities and provinces after Napoleon's advance made clear that the regular army alone could not hold the line. Moscow's governor Rostopchin organized tens of thousands of tradesmen, serfs, and minor nobility into units that, while rarely engaged in pitched battle, provided critical logistical and rear-guard support throughout the campaign.
The Bank of Russia released dozens of individual pieces within this anniversary program, making completionist collecting an exercise in patience.