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The government supported the idea of placing the “Heart of Chechnya” mosque on the 200 ruble banknote
The Ministry of North Caucasus Affairs supported the idea to place the image of the Grozny mosque named after Akhmat Kadyrov "Heart of Chechnya" on the banknote of 200 rubles. The ministry also approved a proposal to place an image of Derbent on the 2000 ruble note.
“This initiative is timely and necessary to continue building a positive image of the region's cities,” said Odes Baysultanov, Deputy Minister for North Caucasus Affairs.
“Derbent is an open-air museum of centuries-old history. Its uniqueness is recognized at the international level, and the Naryn-Kala citadel is included in the number of world cultural monuments protected by UNESCO. Grozny can also rightfully claim to be depicted on Russian banknotes as a symbol of the revival and prosperity of our country,” Baisultanov said.
- Banknotes in denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles are planned to be issued in Russia by the end of 2017. What will be depicted on the new banknotes is still unknown. The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, suggested bringing this issue up for public discussion.
- The mayor of Grozny, Muslim Khuchiev, proposed placing the image of the mosque named after Akhmad Kadyrov on the 200 ruble note. The idea to place the image of Derbent on the 2000-ruble banknote was proposed by the head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov.
- The mayor of Novosibirsk Anatoly Lokot proposed to depict the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater and the Bugrinsky Bridge across the Ob, the head of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn - Lake Baikal, Ivolginsky Datsan (the center of Buddhism in Russia) or the monument to Vladimir Lenin in Ulan-Ude, Minister of Culture of the Sverdlovsk Region Pavel Krekov - Yekaterinburg Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.