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In the centre - the indication of the face value of the coin "10 РУБЛЕЙ" (10 RUBLES). Inside of the figure "0" - hidden pictures of the figure "10" and of the inscription "РУБ" (RUB) visible by turns only on changing the angle of vision. In the lower part of the disc - the mint trade mark. In the upper part of the ring - the inscription along the rim: "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), in the lower one - the year of issue "2002", to the left and to the right - stylised twigs of plants going over to the disc. |
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To the left - a fountain of a medicinal spring, higher - the coat of arms of Staraya Russa, in the background to the right - the Resurrection Cathedral (the XVIIth century), the inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ДРЕВНИЕ ГОРОДА РОССИИ" (ANCIENT RUSSIAN TOWNS), at the bottom - "СТАРАЯ РУССА" (STARAYA RUSSA).
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Russian Staraja (also transliterated as Russian Staraya) is an ancient citizen of western, situated European Russia on the left side of the fiscal river Polist', of the lake Il'men', 99 km to south of the chief town Velikij Novgorod; it is the administrative chief town of the homonymous district in the Oblast' di Novgorod. Situated 99 km to south of the chief town Velikij Novgorod, it is famous in order to be be the place of summery rest for the Dostoevskij family, where writer Fëdor Michailovič Dostoevskij has composed and partially acclimatized its great novel the Karamàzov siblings.
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