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10 Hryven Kyiv Fortress
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Hryvnia (1996-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dramatic bird's-eye perspective relief of the Kyiv Fortress, rendered with fine architectural detail showing the rounded bastion, ramparts, glacis, and administrative buildings of the 18th–19th century fortification complex, occupying the left and central portions of the field. The upper right quadrant of the field is filled with a stylized geometric representation of the fortress's star-shaped plan in linear relief, evoking a military cartographic diagram. Across the lower portion of the field, a decorative battlemented parapet motif separates the architectural scene from the inscription area. The Cyrillic legends КИЇВСЬКА ФОРТЕЦЯ and the date range XVIII–XIX ст. are inscribed in large display lettering in the lower field. |
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| Mintage | 2021 - Proof - 3,000 |
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The Kyiv Fortress was built in stages across the nineteenth century, with the primary construction phase ordered by Nicholas I following the Polish November Uprising of 1830–31 — the tsar viewed a fortified presence in Kyiv as essential for suppressing future western borderland unrest. It never saw serious military action and spent much of its later history as a prison, most notoriously during the tsarist and early Soviet periods.
Ukraine has issued numerous architectural silver commemoratives under its ongoing monuments program; KM#1031 falls within that series.