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1 Rouble Defenders of the Brest Fortress
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus is depicted in relief at the center-top of the field. Below it, the Order of the Patriotic War is rendered in relief at the center. The date of issue appears beneath the order. Along the upper rim runs the Cyrillic legend 'РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ' (Republic of Belarus), while the lower rim bears the denomination inscription 'АДЗІН РУБЕЛЬ' (One Rouble). |
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| Obverse lettering | РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ АДЗІН РУБЕЛЬ 2004 |
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The Brest Fortress — formally the Brest-Litovsk Fortress, built under Nicholas I in the 1830s — became the site of one of the most ferocious early engagements of Operation Barbarossa when German forces attacked on June 22, 1941. The garrison, cut off and surrounded within hours, held out for weeks against units that were already deep inside Soviet territory. Soviet authorities later estimated resistance lasted over a month in isolated pockets.
Belarus issued several commemorative roubles through this period marking sites and events of what Russians and Belarusians call the Great Patriotic War. KM#80 is copper-nickel rather than the silver used in higher-denomination commemoratives from the same program.