Volodymyr Vernadskyi (1863 – 1945) was a famous Ukrainian scientist, philosopher, natural scientist, and the founder of the scientific fields of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology. He was also one of the founders and the first president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, which was established in 1918.
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The Presidium of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences was built in the 1850s to a design by architect Alexander Beretti. In 1892, a third floor was added to the building. Its facade features rustication and an attic decorative element with a cast-iron grid. The building was transferred to the Academy of Sciences in 1918.
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Kyrylo Yevhenovych Shevchenko (KYS), Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
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НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
Голова
30 РОКІВ НЕЗАЛЕЖНОСТІ УКРАЇНИ
₴1000
УКРАЇНА
Я вірю у величне майбутнє України
Володимир Вернадський
1000
ОДНА ТИСЯЧА ГРИВЕНЬ
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1000 ГРИВЕНЬ 1000
Одна тисяча гривень
Президія Національної академії наук України
2019
₴1000
