Issued as part of Belarus's ongoing commemorative circulation series, this rouble marks the Maxim Gorky tank — a Soviet-era monument and popular symbol of World War II memory in the republic. Belarus lost roughly a third of its population during the German occupation, and the war's material legacy, including preserved armor, remains central to official commemorative culture in Minsk.
KM#431 was struck at the Latvian Mint in Rīga, which has produced the bulk of Belarusian commemorative coinage since the National Bank lacked domestic striking capacity.
Issued as part of Belarus's ongoing commemorative circulation series, this rouble marks the Maxim Gorky tank — a Soviet-era monument and popular symbol of World War II memory in the republic. Belarus lost roughly a third of its population during the German occupation, and the war's material legacy, including preserved armor, remains central to official commemorative culture in Minsk.
KM#431 was struck at the Latvian Mint in Rīga, which has produced the bulk of Belarusian commemorative coinage since the National Bank lacked domestic striking capacity.