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2 Hryvni Maksym Rylsky
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 2 Hryvni |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a portrait of the Ukrainian poet Maksym Rylsky facing left, rendered in a realistic engraved style occupying the central field. To the left of the portrait, a vertical two-line Cyrillic inscription reads МАКСИМ РИЛЬСЬКИЙ, identifying the subject. Below the inscription, the dates 1895–1964 denote his years of birth and death. |
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| Mint | National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date) |
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Maksym Rylsky was one of Ukraine's most prominent Soviet-era poets, but his career nearly ended in 1931 when he was arrested by the NKVD and subjected to intense pressure to renounce "bourgeois nationalism" in his work. He complied, survived the purges, and went on to lead the Institute of Art Studies, Folklore, and Ethnography in Kyiv — an institution that quietly preserved Ukrainian cultural material throughout the Stalin years. The coin was issued on the 110th anniversary of his birth.