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3 Roubles The First Russian University
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Thickness | 3.30 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ТРИ РУБЛЯ БАНК РОССИИ • Ag 900 • 1999 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD) |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a panoramic view of the main building of Saint Petersburg State University as a backdrop, before which appear portrait busts of four distinguished scientists associated with the institution: А.А. Ухтомский (A.A. Ukhtomsky), В.И. Смирнов (V.I. Smirnov), В.А. Фок (V.A. Fock), and Д.И. Менделеев (D.I. Mendeleev), each identified by an inscription below their respective likeness. The university's emblem is placed at the lower portion of the field. The encircling rim legend reads «САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» (THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT PETERSBURG) above, and «ОСНОВАН В 1724 ГОДУ» (FOUNDED IN 1724) below. |
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Moscow University was founded in 1755 on the initiative of Mikhail Lomonosov, who lobbied Empress Elizabeth through her favorite Ivan Shuvalov to establish Russia's first institution of higher learning. The 1999 coin marks the institution's history at a moment when Russia itself was in economic freefall — the August 1998 ruble crisis had collapsed the currency months earlier, making silver commemoratives an ironic luxury in a country where ordinary savings had just been wiped out.