Token - Moscow Mint Road of Life

Token - Moscow Mint (Road of Life) - obverse

Obverse © MasterVision

Features

Location Russia
Type Coin patterns › Mint token
Year 2019
Composition Nickel brass
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
165049

Commemorative issue

75th Anniversary of the Full Liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi Blockade

Obverse

Lettering: ДОРОГА ЖИЗНИ

Translation: Road of Life

Mint

Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)

Comments


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The Road of Life (Доро́га жи́зни, doroga zhizni) was the ice road winter transport route across the frozen Lake Ladoga, which provided the only access to the besieged city of Leningrad while the perimeter in the siege was maintained by the German Army Group North and the Finnish Defence Forces. The siege lasted for 29 months from 8 September 1941, to 27 January 1944. Over one million citizens of Leningrad died from starvation, stress, exposure and bombardments. Each winter, the Lake Ladoga ice route was reconstructed by hand, and built according to precise arithmetic calculations depending on traffic volume. In addition to transporting thousands of tons of munitions and food supplies each year, the Road of Life also served as the primary evacuation route for the millions of Soviets trapped within the starving city. The road today forms part of the World Heritage Site.

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ND (2019)  1 000 BU; only in sets

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