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3 Roubles The North Convoy
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central depiction of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, rendered in fine relief with its characteristic onion domes prominently displayed. To the upper left of the cathedral appears the double-headed eagle emblem of the Bank of Russia. The legend 'БАНК РОССИИ' (Bank of Russia) is arranged in two arching segments to the left and right of the central motif, reading vertically. Below the cathedral, the denomination '3 РУБЛЯ' (3 Roubles) and the date '1992' are inscribed in the lower field, with the Leningrad Mint mark 'ЛМД' also present. |
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| Edge | Lettered: 'ТРИ РУБЛЯ' repeated twice |
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Issued in 1992 as part of Russia's early commemorative program following the Soviet collapse, this piece honors the Allied Arctic convoys of World War II — the supply runs from Britain, Iceland, and North America to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk that delivered over four million tons of war materiel between 1941 and 1945. The convoys suffered catastrophic losses, most notoriously during the scattering of convoy PQ-17 in July 1942, when a British Admiralty order dispersed the ships and German forces subsequently sank 24 of the 35 merchant vessels.
Russia's recognition of the convoys in coin form came decades after surviving veterans had lobbied both Soviet and post-Soviet governments for formal acknowledgment.