Belarus lost an estimated 25–30% of its entire population during the Second World War — proportionally among the highest of any nation involved in the conflict. The republic was occupied from 1941 to 1944, and Minsk was so thoroughly destroyed that postwar reconstruction essentially built a new city. This issue marks the 70th anniversary of the 1945 victory, part of a broader Belarusian commemorative program that has produced dozens of rouble-denominated copper-nickel pieces since independence.
KM#491 is one of several related 2015 issues on the same theme.
Belarus lost an estimated 25–30% of its entire population during the Second World War — proportionally among the highest of any nation involved in the conflict. The republic was occupied from 1941 to 1944, and Minsk was so thoroughly destroyed that postwar reconstruction essentially built a new city. This issue marks the 70th anniversary of the 1945 victory, part of a broader Belarusian commemorative program that has produced dozens of rouble-denominated copper-nickel pieces since independence.
KM#491 is one of several related 2015 issues on the same theme.