In the center - the indication of the face value of the coin in two lines: '2 RUBLES', lower - the inscription 'BANK OF RUSSIA', under it - the date '2001', to the left and to the right - a stylized twig of a plant.

Bust of 1st cosmonaut, date, signature.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human being to journey into outer space.