The Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Obverse

in the centre – the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower – the semicircular inscription – «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2005», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the image of the theatre’s building. The inscriptionalong the rim: «НОВОСИБИРСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ АКАДЕМИЧЕСКИЙ ТЕАТР ОПЕРЫ И БАЛЕТА» (THE NOVOSIBIRSK STATE ACADEMIC OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE).

Authors

The Artists: A.V. Baklanov, E.V. Kramskaya.
The Sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova.
ST. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The Edge: 300 Corrugations.

The Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is an unique architectural monument created after aproject of the Moscow Architectural Studio of Academician A. Stchusev in the 30s-40s of the XXth century.