Kaluga 10 rubles 2009 SPMD

Kaluga 10 rubles 2009 SPMD

Eagle - an ancient Russian city located in central Russia, 188 km south-west of Moscow, on the bank of the Oka River. Kaluga was first mentioned in the complaint of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheus to Moscow Prince Dmitry, who de robbed him several cities, including Kaluga. In 1389 Kaluga mentioned in spiritual letter-testament Dmitry Donskoy, while Kaluga was finally fixed as part of the Moscow principality.

Kaluga was built as an outpost of the city-fortress, it was an outpost of Moscow state, a barrier against raids from the south and west. In the XIV century the town got up three times on the way of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas troops who tried to break through to Moscow. In 1380, soldiers of the Kaluga land bravely fought the Mongols in the army of Dmitry Donskoy on Kulikovo field. And later, the city is not just withstood the siege and assault, been destroyed and rebuilt again as the bird Phoenix from the ashes. In the War of 1812 Kaluga was a rear base for Russian troops. It was formed militia Harvest food, collect cash. During World War II occupation of Kaluga was from 12 October to 30 December 1941. The soldiers of the Red Army was to have started the countdown of Kaluga towns liberated from the Nazis during the offensive near Moscow.

Kaluga is famous because it has lived and worked founder of theoretical astronautics Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. The city has a museum space.

The reverse of the coin depicts the coat of arms of the city panorama, approved in 2000, based on the ancient coat of arms in 1777, to which is added a stylized image of Sputnik and the motto film "Cradle of Space." The top of the ring at the edge of the rim - the inscription: "THE ANCIENT CITY OF RUSSIA", at the bottom - "Kaluga".

Release date June 1, 2009