The inscription along the rim: 'Centennial of Lenin's birth' in Russian. In center: coat of arms, title of state 'US-SR'. below - denomination in words 'One rouble'.

Bust of V.I.Lenin right, dates.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin (1870 – 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician. He was the creator of Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory.