Vologda 10 rubles 2007 SPMD

Vologda 10 rubles 2007 SPMD

In the northwestern part of the European plain on the banks of the Vologda River in the 8th century there was the Finno-Ugric village received the same name with the river. Translated into Russian "Vologda" means "river with clear, clean water." By 1147, the ninth year it has a large enough town and it is mentioned in the chronicles. It is this date began to consider the foundation of the city of Vologda.

Until the 14th century the settlement is part of the principality of Novgorod. Being at the crossroads of the major waterways of the time gives the city the ability to quickly develop profitable trade. In the town began to look princes of Tver and Moscow, and in 1481, the year Vologda went to Moscow principality.

The important role the city played in the life of Tsar Ivan III the Terrible, who wanted to move the capital here. By the time through Vologda was the main trade with Britain and northern European countries as well as transit routes ran to Siberia. Preparation for the transfer of the capital started with the construction of the stone Kremlin (the plan twice surpassing Moscow) and the largest in the city of St. Sophia Cathedral (like the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow). However, after 6 years, bringing the building up to the end, the king ordered to stop all work and immediately left Vologda. After Tsar Ivan the Terrible in the town was never.

There is a legend that the king during checking construction work next to him fell from under the dome of the unfinished temple of stone. , Ivan III considered it a bad sign over and stop the construction and Vologda did not become the capital of Russia.

Under Peter I Vologda I became quickly turn into a major shipbuilding center. But after the construction of St. Petersburg and transport the main trade routes in the Arkhangelsk, the city gradually fell into disrepair and became a provincial town.

On the reverse of the upper left portion of the disk is represented by the coat of arms of the city of Vologda, in the center - on the background of the panorama of the city, the image of St. Sophia Cathedral and the bell tower. The top of the ring at the edge of the rim - the inscription: "THE ANCIENT CITY OF RUSSIA", at the bottom - "Vologda".

Release date October 1, 2007