50 Years Since the Launch of Construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline

Obverse

a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, above it along the rim the inscription in a semicircle ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed with paired diamonds on both sides, under the coat of arms are the chemical symbol and fineness of the metal on the left and fine metal content and the mint mark on the right, at the bottom centre in three lines are the inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin denomination ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2024 г.’ (2024).

Reverse

relief images of railway stations in the town of Tynda (left) and the settlement of Ulkan (right), an electric locomotive, a spruce on a rock and a house from one of the series designed for the BAM settlements, as well as stylised images of a waving curtain and freight wagons, mountains and forests laser-treated for matte finishing; there are relief inscriptions: ‘Baikal-Amur Mainline’ around the lower circumference and ‘50 YEARS’ at the top right in a frame in two lines.

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), S.V. Sutyagin (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.V. Gnidin (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
Edge: 300 corrugations.

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On 8 July 1974, the Soviet Government adopted the resolution ‘On the Construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline’. The construction of the railway was carried out in extremely difficult climatic conditions. The railway runs through mountain ranges, rivers, and permafrost areas. The BAM is part of the Eastern railway network and the shortest route to the Pacific Ocean that crosses the territories of the Irkutsk and Amur Regions, Trans-Baikal Territory, Buryatia, Yakutia, and the Khabarovsk Territory. After the BAM was brought into service, Russia got an infrastructure for the international transit transportation system and enhanced the potential for economic development of Siberia and the Far East. Today, the BAM plays a key role in increasing the railway freight traffic in the eastern direction, opening up fast-growing markets of the Asia-Pacific region for Russian companies.

Source: https://projects.mintrans.ru