Academician V.P. Glushko - the 100th Anniversary of the Birthday

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (TWO RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2008 г." (2008), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

to the left - the scheme of the rocket engine, in the centre -the space rocket system "Energiya-Buran", below - dates in two lines: "1908" and "1989"; to the right - the portrait of V.P. Glushko, below to the right - the semicircular inscription: "В.П. ГЛУШКО" (V.P. GLUSHKO).

Authors

The artist: A.D. Schablykin.
The sculptor: I. I. Kopytkin.
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.

Valentin Petrovich Glushko (1908-1989) - scientist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, initiator of the soviet liquid fuel rocket engine construction. He was the very first in the world constructor of electro-thermal rocket engine and liquid fuel rocket engines (1930-1931), which have been installed in many home space rockets.