10 RUB Nalchik 2014, GVS

The coin is 10 rubles, Nalchik from the series Cities of Military Glory (WAN) released on April 1, 2014.

Nalchik General Yermolov was founded as a military fortress. Later joined the fortress settlement, the settlement grew and in 1921 received the status of the city. The name of the city received from the same river, which is located. The word "Nalchik" translated from Kabardian, Cherkess, Karachai and Balkar languages ​​means "little shoe". Horseshoe has become a symbol of the city.

During the Great Patriotic War Nalchik it was occupied by the Nazis and significantly destroyed. The occupation lasted from October 1942 to January 1943. The city was liberated by the forces of the Northern Group of the Transcaucasian Front, joined the guerrillas of Kabardino-Balkaria. The inhabitants of Nalchik revered of all those who fell in the battle for their city. An eternal flame burns in a city park in Nalchik as an eternal memory of the fallen Soviet soldiers. There in the city and other monuments dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. T-34 tank is installed as a monument near the town elevator and about local history museum is set gun. In 2010, the city of Nalchik awarded the title of City of Military Glory.

The reverse of the coin depicts the coat of arms of the city of Nalchik - Horseshoe on a background of a two-headed Elbrus with rays of the rising sun. Horseshoe represents protection, regeneration, spiritual enlightenment. Nalchik plan resembles a horseshoe, it is located in a semicircle northern slopes of the Caucasus mountain range.

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."