10 RUB Great Luke 2012, GVS

The coin is 10 rubles, Great Luke in a series of City of Military Glory (WAN) released on September 3, 2012.

In the history of Russia had the Great Bow special role - the role of city-warrior city-shield stronghold in West porubezhe, he served for more than eight centuries. And the Great Patriotic War was no exception. Thirty-three days in July and August 1941, continued the heroic defense of the city on the Lovat. During the occupation, the town had underground organizations, and in areas - guerrilla groups, a variety of known and unknown heroes gave their lives for the freedom of the motherland. Germans were burned 348 villages.

January 17, 1943 the city was liberated. For the first time Hitler's troops were almost at the same time, two "pocket" - at Stalingrad and at Great Luki. Surrounded by formations and units were destroyed or surrendered, and at Stalingrad and in Pskov. Street fighting for the liberation of the Great Bow was so fierce that the city nicknamed "little Stalingrad". The city was just wiped out. More than twenty countrymen became Heroes of the Soviet Union.

In October 2008, the Great Bow was awarded the title "City of Military Glory"

The reverse of the coin features the coat of arms of the city of Great Luke - three onions, a symbol of the city's defenders weapons, their courage and resilience, adopted in 1781 and approved in 2001.

The honorary title of City of Military Glory (WAN) is assigned to the Decree of President of the Russian Federation "For courage, steadfastness and mass heroism the defenders of the city, in the struggle for freedom and independence of the Motherland."