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3 Roubles The dam Dnieproges
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a panoramic scene commemorating the savings-banking tradition in Russia. To the left, the intertwined monogram «ГТСК» (State Labour Savings-Bank) is bound by a ribbon, set before a detailed rendering of the Dnieprogес hydroelectric dam on the Dnieper River. To the right, a savings-book is shown in the field, while in the background a tractor is depicted working ploughland beneath a rising sun, evoking the industrialisation era. The encircling rim legend reads «СБЕРЕГАТЕЛЬНОЕ ДЕЛО В РОССИИ» (THE SAVINGS-AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA). |
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| Mintage | 2001 ММД - Proof - 17,500 |
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DniproHES — the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station — was one of the most politically charged construction projects of the Soviet era, built between 1927 and 1932 with American engineering assistance from the firm Cooper Engineering and General Electric. Stalin used it as a centerpiece of First Five-Year Plan propaganda, and its completion was treated as proof that socialist industrialization could outpace the capitalist world. German forces destroyed the dam during their 1941 advance; retreating Soviet troops blew it again to slow the Wehrmacht, killing an unknown number of their own people downstream.
This 2001 commemorative was issued as part of Russia's ongoing architectural monuments series. The dam was rebuilt by 1950.