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500 Shillings Admiral Kuznetsov
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 500 Shilingi |
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| Obverse lettering | TANZANIA 2014 500 SHILLINGS UHURU NA UMOJA |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-color photographic-style rendering of the Russian Navy heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov underway at sea, depicted from an aerial perspective with aircraft and a helicopter visible on and above the flight deck. The border is formed by a raised anchor-chain motif in silver relief, enclosing the colorized central image. A raised silver ship's anchor and propeller device appears in the lower right quadrant of the field. The series title NAVY FLAGSHIPS is inscribed in raised letters along the upper border, and the inscriptions ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV and HEAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER appear in raised letters in the lower left field. |
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The Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolay Kuznetsov served as commander of the Soviet Navy through the entirety of World War II, overseeing operations from the Baltic to the Pacific. His postwar career ended abruptly when Khrushchev demoted him to vice admiral in 1956 following a political dispute — a rank reduction without precedent for an officer of his standing. He was posthumously restored to his full rank in 1988.
Tanzania's commemorative program has issued silver pieces honoring Soviet and Russian naval figures with some regularity, largely targeting the collector export market rather than domestic circulation.