The Alexandro-Svirsky Monastery, Staraya Sloboda village, Leningrad Region

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular in-scription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2010 г." (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the image the architectural ensemble of the Alexandro-Svirsky Monastery: in the foreground - the Transfiguration Com-plex, in the centre - the forest , in the background - the Trinity Complex, on bottom on the smooth field of cartouche - inscription in three lines: "СВЯТО- ТРОИЦКИЙ АЛЕКСАНДРО-СВИРСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ" (THE SAINT TRINITY ALEKSANDRO-SVIRSKY MONASTERY).

Authors

The artist: L.A. Evdokimova.
The sculptor: E.A. Tolzin.
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.

The Alexandro-Svirsky Monastery, located on high picturesque bank of Roschinsky Lake, contains two complexes - Transfiguration and Trinity ones which are the entire monument of architectural objects of the XVth -XVIIth centuries. The most part of them have survived till our days: the Intercession Church with the Bell-Tower and Refectory (1533), the Transfiguration Cathedral with the Saint Alexander Svirsky Side-chapel (1644), the Trinity Cathedral (1791), the Saints Prophet Zakharia and Elizabeth Church (1685) and others.