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2 Hryvni Volodymyr Korolenko
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 2 Hryvni |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a centrally placed open book in the field, above which appears the small National Emblem of Ukraine (trident). The circular legend УКРАЇНА arcs above in the upper field, while the denomination 2 ГРИВНІ and the date 2003 are inscribed beneath the central device. The mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works appears in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a right-facing portrait bust of the Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Korolenko in the central field. A four-line inscription flanks the portrait, with ВОЛОДИМИР placed to the left and КОРОЛЕНКО to the right of the effigy. The dates 1853 and 1921, denoting the subject's birth and death years, appear beneath the portrait in two lines. |
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Volodymyr Korolenko was a Russian-born writer of Ukrainian Cossack descent who spent years in Siberian exile under the Tsarist regime for refusing to swear loyalty to Alexander III. He later became one of the most prominent voices against anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire, publicly defending victims of the Beilis blood libel case in 1913. Ukraine's decision to commemorate him in 2003 was not uncontroversial — he wrote primarily in Russian and never fully embraced Ukrainian political nationalism, yet his documented defense of Ukrainian peasants and his origins made him a plausible candidate for national memory.