20 Hryven Cloister Zymne

Zymne Monastery in Volhynia claims foundation by Vladimir the Great in the late tenth century, making it one of the oldest monastic sites in Ukraine. The complex sits on a rocky outcrop above the Southern Buh river and has functioned continuously — through Mongol raids, Ottoman pressure, and Soviet antireligious campaigns — in one form or another since the medieval period. The partial gilding applied to this issue was executed at the mint rather than as a post-sale addition, a technique the NBU used selectively for architectural commemoratives to distinguish stone from metalwork in the relief.