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2 Roubles Ruzhansky Palace
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#706 |
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| Reverse description | The copper-nickel centre presents a detailed frontal view of the main gate building of Ruzhany Palace (Ружанскі Палац), a Baroque architectural complex in Ruzhany, Belarus, rendered with fine architectural detail including the central triumphal arch, flanking wings, and a column surmounted by a decorative finial. The brass outer ring carries the legend РУЖАНСКІ ПАЛАЦ arcing along the upper field, with the year of issue 2021 inscribed at the bottom. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Ruzhansky Palace, the sprawling Baroque residence of the Sapieha magnate family in what is now western Belarus, was largely destroyed during the Napoleonic Wars and never fully restored. The Sapiehas were among the most powerful dynasties in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, at their peak controlling private armies that rivaled the state's own forces. The palace complex dates to the late 16th century, with major Baroque rebuilding carried out in the early 18th century under Casimir Jan Sapieha.
Belarus has issued a sustained series of bimetallic 2-rouble coins documenting the country's architectural heritage — Ruzhansky is one of the more historically loaded entries in that run, given the site's current state as a maintained ruin.