Belarus has issued an extensive series of copper-nickel roubles celebrating regional folk crafts since the mid-2000s, part of a broader program documenting intangible cultural heritage that accelerated after UNESCO's 2003 convention on the subject. Wood carving — rezcba pa derevu — has deep roots in Belarusian rural tradition, particularly in the Polesie region, where decorated household objects and architectural elements were produced by village craftsmen who rarely signed their work.
KM#692 is one of the later entries in this long-running series, struck the same year Lukashenko's government was under sweeping international sanctions following the 2020 election crisis.
Belarus has issued an extensive series of copper-nickel roubles celebrating regional folk crafts since the mid-2000s, part of a broader program documenting intangible cultural heritage that accelerated after UNESCO's 2003 convention on the subject. Wood carving — rezcba pa derevu — has deep roots in Belarusian rural tradition, particularly in the Polesie region, where decorated household objects and architectural elements were produced by village craftsmen who rarely signed their work.
KM#692 is one of the later entries in this long-running series, struck the same year Lukashenko's government was under sweeping international sanctions following the 2020 election crisis.