The 125th Anniversary of the Birth of I.A. Bunin

Obverse

in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «ДВА РУБЛЯ 1995 г.» (TWO RUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

a portrait of I.A. Bunin, to the left - a Russian church and birch twig, to the right - the Eiffel Tower and a rose lying on a manuscript, below - the writer's facsimile signature, at the top - two dates: to the left - "1870", to the right - "1953".

Authors

The artist: A.A. Kolodkin
The sculptors: V. I. Zaslavsky, A.S. Khazov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 195 corrugations

Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin - a Russian writer, depicted the degradation of gentry's estates and the hard life of the Russian peasantry. In 1920 he emigrated from Russia. In 1933 he was awarded the Nobel Prize.