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  • 1 Hryvnia 2010, KM# 667, Ukraine, 65th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War Victory (1941-1945)
  • 1 Hryvnia 2010, KM# 667, Ukraine, 65th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War Victory (1941-1945)
Description

The coin commemorates the 65th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Northern, Southern and Central and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It has been known as the Great Patriotic War in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia.

The battles on the Eastern Front constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterized by unprecedented ferocity, wholesale destruction, mass deportations, and immense loss of life due to combat, starvation, exposure, disease, and massacres. Of the estimated 70 million deaths attributed to World War II, over 30 million, many of them civilian, occurred on the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front was decisive in determining the outcome of the European portion of World War II, eventually serving as the main reason for the defeat of Nazi Germany. It resulted in the destruction of the Third Reich, the partition of Germany for nearly half a century and the rise of the Soviet Union as a military and industrial superpower.

Designer and engraver: Volodymyr Demianenko

Obverse

Depicts a small-size national coat of arms of Ukraine, year of minting below in a traditional and ornamental Ukrainian style frame. Value in the centre, the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint on the right.

The state coat of arms of Ukraine is the Tryzub (trident). The modern "trident" symbol was adopted as the coat of arms of the Ukrainian People's Republic in February 1918. The design has precedents in seals of the Kiyivan Rus'. The first known archeological and historical evidence of this symbol can be found on the seals of the Rurik dynasty. It was stamped on the gold and silver coins issued by Prince Volodymyr the Great (980–1015).

УКРАЇНА
1
ГРИВНЯ
2010

Reverse

Depicted the Order of the Patriotic War, on both sides there are the dates 1945 – 2010; in the middle of the coin there is an inscription "65 Years of the Victory" in Ukranian, with the Ribbon of the Order of Glory and two carnations (symbols of the victory) near the Eternal flame thereunder.

The Order of the Patriotic War (Russian: Орден Отечественной войны) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds during the German-Soviet War, known by the former-Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War.

An eternal flame is a flame burns continuously for an indefinite period. Human-created eternal flames commemorate a person or event of national significance.

1945 2010
65 РОКІВ
ПЕРЕМОГИ

Edge

Value and date.

ОДНА ГРИВНЯ · 2010 ·

Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Aluminium Bronze
Weight 6.8 g
Diameter 26 mm
Thickness 1.85 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Mint (NBU)

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