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3 Roubles DIRECTORATE S Russia's SVR
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 33.94 g |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a relief image of the monument 'Отечество, доблесть, честь' (Fatherland, Valour, Honour), honouring Russian intelligence officers, set against a laser-treated matte background depicting the main entrance to the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). A circular legend in relief reads 'БЕЗ ПРАВА НА СЛАВУ ВО СЛАВУ ДЕРЖАВЫ' (Without the Right to Glory, for the Glory of the State) along the upper circumference. The inscriptions 'УПРАВЛЕНИЕ С', '100 ЛЕТ', and 'СВР РОССИИ' are distributed around the lower perimeter, separated by small emblems of the illegal intelligence directorate and a decorative laurel branch. |
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The SVR (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki) was formally established by Boris Yeltsin in December 1991 as the direct successor to the KGB's First Chief Directorate, separating foreign intelligence from domestic security functions at the moment the Soviet state itself dissolved. Russia has issued collector coins honoring its intelligence services with some regularity since the late 1990s, part of a broader commemorative program covering state institutions — the FSB, FSO, and GRU have all received similar treatment. This SVR issue was struck in 2022, the same year Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, lending the subject matter an unavoidable political charge regardless of numismatic intent.