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1 Rouble Kalyady
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#76 |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a Kalyady star in relief set against a naturalistic landscape background, referencing the traditional Belarusian winter festival of Kalyady. Flanking the central motif on both the left and right are raised relief panels featuring traditional Belarusian national ornamental patterns incorporating decorative motifs associated with the Kalyady festival. The inscription КАЛЯДЫ appears along the lower rim in Cyrillic script, identifying the festival theme of the issue. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Kalyady is the Belarusian name for the winter solstice festival predating Christianity in the region, later syncretized with Orthodox Christmas observances. The National Bank of Belarus launched an extensive series of collector roubles in the early 2000s documenting traditional folk calendar holidays — Kalyady among the first — as part of a broader state effort to rehabilitate Belarusian cultural identity following decades of Soviet suppression of national traditions. The oxidized copper-nickel finish was a deliberate production choice across the series, lending an antiqued appearance without the cost of precious metal.