Father Frost and Summer

Obverse

in the centre there is a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and over it a semicircular inscription along the rim: "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed by doubled rhombuses on both sides, under the emblem, in three lines, there is an inscription: "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin’s par value "25 РУБЛЕЙ" (25 RUBLES), and the year of issue "2019 г." (2019), and on the right there is a mint trade mark.

Reverse

a coloured cartoon scene and the inscription ‘ДЕД МОРОЗ И ЛЕТО’ (FATHER FROST AND SUMMER) above along the rim.

Authors

The artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 180 corrugations.

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Father Frost and Summer is a Soviet animated fairy tale about Father Frost who discovers what summer is. The cartoon was directed by Valentin Karavaev in 1969.

Living in the North Pole, Father Frost has never seen summer and does not know what it is until children tell him about it at a New Year party. Father Frost is so inspired with the idea of summer that he decides to see it at all costs. He comes to the city where summer heat makes him feel unwell. Children treat Father Frost with ice cream and save him. Then they show him summer.