10 RUB Vyborg 2014, GVS

The coin is 10 rubles, Vyborg of a series of City of Military Glory (WAN) released on May 5, 2014.

The city of Vyborg is located in the Leningrad region, near the Finnish border, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Vyborg - a major port, a major transportation hub, connecting rail, road and sea routes, a major economic and industrial center.

Vyborg was founded by the Swedes as a stone castle, a fortress on the site of the settlement Old Vyborg, prison-shelter, protected warehouses of goods, to keep under control the trade routes of the Gulf of Finland to Ladoga.

During the Great Patriotic War near the town of Vyborg took Vyborg offensive operation of Soviet troops. In June 1944, Soviet troops broke through the ring at this point the enemy's defense impregnable "Mannerheim Line" and reached the pre-war border of the USSR. Residents of Vyborg deeply honor the memory of all the soldiers who died during the liberation of Vyborg and Karelian Isthmus. For courage and heroism during the Great Patriotic War, in March 2010 Vyborg was awarded the title "City of Military Glory"

The reverse of the coin depicts the coat of arms of the city of Vyborg - Three Crowns, and under them the Latin letter W (the first letter of the Latin name of the city).

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."