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$149.95
The beautiful 3-dimensional artwork table medal was issued in Leningrad, USSR in 1985 in honor of the XXVII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The medal shows Soviet Nuclear icebreaker named “Rossiyaâ€. Rossiya (Russian: РоÑÑиÑ; literally: Russia) is a Russian Arktika-class nuclear-powered icebreaker. In 1990, it became the first ship to carry commercial passenger traffic to the geographic North Pole. Its sister ship Arktika was the first surface ship to reach the pole. Rossiya was taken out of service in 2013 and is currently in ''cold lay-up'' awaiting disposal. It is made out of heavy brass, 109 grams, diameter 65 mm, thickness 5 mm. Name of Soviet artist Petrov-Polyarny is engraved in the low left corner on the back of the medal. Very rare, we have just one in stock. You buy what you see on the pictures. Please visit other pages of our website for more variety of Russian and Soviet gifts, collectibles, antiques, jewelry and much more.
