“Walruses” and “Tchaikovky”: Civil War money of the Russian North The Russian money museum presents a collection of money from the Civil War. Among them - the famous "walruses", decorated with the famous graphic artist Sergey Chekhonin.

MEDAL "FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE SOVIET POLAR REGION": THE SKETCH WAS PROPOSED BY THE DEFENDERS THEMSELVES The temporary exhibition "Victory Signs" presents a sample medal "For the Defense of the Soviet Polar Region" among other wartime awards. This medal was established in 1944 and was awarded to servicemen and civilians who took active part in the defense of the Soviet Polar Region from fascist invaders.

Gold chervonets sketches: who if not the sower? The designer of the Soviet gold chervonets, first issued in 1923, was a medalist Anton Vasyutinsky. The archives of JSC Goznak have preserved variants of sketches of this coin, made by him in 1922 - 1923.