Description1 ruble 1987 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Borodino Metal: Copper-Nickel white. Diameter - 31 mm. The thickness along the edge - 2,3mm. Weight - 12.8 g Circulation:. Total of 4.0 million copies, including 220.0 thousand units. improved quality. 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Borodino. September 7, 1987 Released two series of coins in denominations of 1 ruble. Artist -A. Mr. Miroshnichenko. Authors modeling - IS Komshilov ( Obelisk) and SM. Ivanov ( bas-relief). Embossing is produced at the Leningrad Mint. - The Battle of Borodino (in the French tradition - the battle on the Moscow River, French Bataille de la Moskova.) - The largest battle of the war of 1812 between the Russian and French armies. It held September 7 (August 26, Old Style) 1812 in the village of Borodino (125 km west of Moscow). 12-hour battle in which the French were able to capture the position of the Russian army in the center and on the left wing, completed a withdrawal of the French army after the cessation of hostilities to their original positions. The next day the Russian army resumed its retreat. According to the memoirs of the French general Pele, participant of the battle of Borodino, Napoleon often repeated a similar phrase: The Battle of Borodino was the most beautiful and the most terrible, the French have shown themselves worthy of victory, and the Russian deserve to be invincible. It is considered the bloodiest in the history of inter-day battles.