The Central Bank of Russia announced that the new 500-ruble note will show Pyatigorsk instead of Arkhangelsk.

“The group of experts proposed more than 60 landscapes of the North Caucasus Federal District to be depicted on the new banknote of the Bank of Russia with a nominal value of 500 rubles. The final list for the front included cultural, historical and natural objects of Pyatigorsk. Among the leaders is the statue of the Eagle on the Hot Mountain, the monument to Mikhail Lermontov, the arbor of the Aeolian harp.
On the reverse of the banknote, monuments and famous places of the republics of the North Caucasus were presented. The tower complexes of Elbrus, Derbent fortress in Dagestan, Vovnushki and Targim in Ingushetia received the most votes. In addition, experts evaluate Stavropol, the City of Grozny, the National Library of the Chechen Republic, the Chirkey hydroelectric power station, the azimuth telescope in Arkhyz, the Roki tunnel between North and South Ossetia, the Seven Cranes monument near Vladikavkaz. Memorial memory and splendor in Nazran.
Soon the artists will prepare a series of conceptual sketches with various combinations of objects in the final group, and the final decision will be made by the Central Bank board.
Source: People Talk

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