Medal - Nuclear industry of Russia 1945-2005 The World`s First Nuclear Power Plant
Medal - Nuclear industry of Russia 1945-2005 The World`s First Nuclear Power Plant
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Location
Russia
› Russian Federation
(1991-date)
Year
2005
Type
Collection medallion
Composition
Silver (.925)
Weight
12.5 g
Diameter
30 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain In 2005, the 60th anniversary of the nuclear industry was widely celebrated in Russia. It is symbolic that by decision of the UN, the year was declared the `Year of Physics`, as if in unison with the anniversary, because Rosatom`s scientific in
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Top: Image of Obninsk NPP - The first in the world. Below: the figure with the image of an atom symbolizes Nuclear Power Industry. And the inscriptions.
Obverse lettering
АТОМНАЯ ОТРАСЛЬ
РОССИИ 1945-2005
1954
ПЕРВАЯ В МИРЕ АЭС (Translation: NUCLEAR INDUSTRY OF RUSSIA 1945-2005 1954 THE FIRST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN THE WORLD)
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse description
Inscription and fragment of the facade of the building of the Atomic Energy Directorate of the USSR/Russian Federation
Reverse lettering
МИНИСТЕРСТВО
СРЕДНЕГО МАШИНОСТРОЕНИЯ СССР
1953
1989
ММД Ag 925 (Translation: MINISTRY OF MEDIUM MACHINE-BUILDING OF THE USSR 1953 1989 MMD Ag 925)
Reverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Engraver
Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date)
