The new series of coins is entitled “Capitals Cities Liberated by Soviet Troops from Fascist Invaders”, and is meant to celebrate the soviet contribution in defeating the Third Reich during World War II. The fourteen coin series depicts monuments from different cities that soviet forces liberated from Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

The series of coins all share a common obverse design. A large number “5” dominates the obverse appearing slightly offset to the upper left of the coin. Below it in three lines are the inscriptions “РУБЛЕЙ” (ROUBLES), “БАНК РОССИИ” (BANK OF RUSSIA) and “2016”. Indicating the denomination, 5 Ruble, the issuing authority and country of issue and finally the date of issue for the coins. A flowering plant can be seen to the right with leaves appearing on the far left of the coin as well. The obverse design is completed by the mintmark for the coin on the right side of the coin.

The fourteen coins in the series all have differing reverse designs depicting a detailed relief image of a war monument from the city in question in the foreground. The background of each coin in turn features a frosted silhouette(or grayed-out outline if you will) of that cities skyline. The reverse side legend of each coin inscribes the name of the city at the top along the rim between two stars, one at each end. To the bottom appears the date on which Soviet forces liberated the city from Nazi occupation.

The 14 coins are dedicated to the cities of Kiev(Ukraine), Minsk(Belarus), Vilnius(Lithuania), Kishinev(Moldova), Bucharest(Romania), Tallinn(Estonia), Riga(Latvia), Belgrade(Serbia), Warsaw(Poland), Budapest(Hungary), Bratislava(Slovakia), Vienna(Austria), Berlin(Germany) and Prague(Czech Republic)