10 RUB Stary Oskol 2014, GVS

The coin is 10 rubles, Stary Oskol in a series of City of Military Glory (WAN) released on June 2, 2014.

In May 2011, for courage and heroism that showed the defenders of the city during World War II, the city of Stary Oskol was awarded the honorary title of "City of Military Glory."

From the very beginning of the war Kursk region, which was the city of Stary Oskol, it was declared under martial law. The city immediately began to form destroyer battalions, units of the People's Militia, hospitals and military units. It was initiated mobilization. The Great Patriotic War was a very difficult and dramatic period. In spite of the heroic defense, heavy, bloody battles, the army was forced to retreat to the east, leaving towns and villages.

In November 1941, he was left Kursk. For some time, the front stabilized, but then again began to retreat. More than a week under the Stary Oskol our troops fought valiantly, holding the superior forces of the enemy. But in spite of the heroic defense, in July 1942 the Nazis invaded the city. Industrial enterprises were destroyed, the residents of Stary Oskol tortured, shot, drove into slavery in Germany. Only after the victory of our army launched an offensive at Stalingrad and the liberation of our lands from the enemy. Stary Oskol was released in February 1943.

The reverse of the coin features the coat of arms of the town of Stary Oskol - gun and a golden plow, reminiscent of the history of the city. After Stary Oskol was founded by military men, archers, and was an outpost of Russia, defending its southern borders from enemy attack.

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."