10 rubles Carpet, 2015, GVS

The coin is 10 rubles, carpets from the series Cities of Military Glory (WAN) released on November 2, 2015.

Carpet City is located on the right elevated bank of the Klyazma River, in the north-eastern part of the Vladimir region. Its history goes back in the XII century, to the reign of Vladimir-Suzdal prince Andrei Yurevich Bogolyubsky son Yuri Dolgoruky. According to legend, the town got its name from the name of Prince Kovrova, who owned this land in the village. In the second half of the XII century the village was given Kovrovo Saviour and St. Euthymius monastery.

In September 1778 the village Kovrovo received the status of county town of Vladimir governorship. The development of the city began in the second half of the XIX century, after the construction of the railway Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod and the creation of Kovrov large railway workshops, which began to produce the first in the Russian cargo and passenger cars.

Now Carpets - a major industrial city of Vladimir region with a population of 140 thousand. People, the city, which housed enterprises of the defense complex, machine building, instrument, metal, textile and light industry, house-building production.

During the Great Patriotic War he became Carpet forge weapons for the Soviet Army. Plant named after KO Kirkizha became one of the main enterprises on production of automatic weapons for the front. In 1941, there were created the famous anti-gun VA Degtyaryova. During the war the plant produced and sent to the army Bole 1.2 million units of various weapons - hand and tank guns, submachine guns Shpagin, anti-tank guns, aircraft guns.

December 18, 1941 was sent to the front in the factory-equipped armored train "Kovrov Bolshevik". Excavator Plant during the war has made 10 thousand. Sets of wheels for T-34 tanks, 25 thousand. Cases for rockets, 40 thousand. Casings for bombs, shells 2.5 million minutes.

Since the beginning of military operations in the People's Militia groups volunteered kovrovchan 7885, the city had been formed two infantry regiments and 3 battalions of destroyers, a separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion and a partisan detachment.

In November 2011, Presidential Decree Carpet city was awarded the honorary title of City of Military Glory.

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."