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| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a panoramic view of the Ipatyevsky Monastery as seen from the riverbank, with its ensemble of architectural monuments rendered in fine relief against a polished field. The upper rim bears the Cyrillic legend ИПАТЬЕВСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ (THE IPATYEVSKY MONASTERY), while the lower rim carries the inscription КОСТРОМА (KOSTROMA), identifying the monastery's location. The dates XIV – XIX вв., indicating the centuries spanning the monastery's construction and development, appear in the field above the architectural scene. The composition conveys the historical character of the complex through detailed depiction of its towers, walls, and ecclesiastical structures. |
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| Mint | (ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date) |
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The Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma has a particular claim on Russian dynastic history: it was here, in 1613, that sixteen-year-old Mikhail Romanov was persuaded — after considerable resistance from his mother — to accept the throne, ending the Time of Troubles and founding the dynasty that would rule for the next three centuries. The monastery effectively served as the birthplace of Romanov rule, which is precisely why it became a target for Soviet authorities, who closed it in 1919 and converted it into a museum.
Restoration began in the 1990s after the Russian Orthodox Church regained control of the complex.