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20 Hryven Holodomor - Genocide of Ukrainian People
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Currency | Hryvnia (1996-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a large Ukrainian Orthodox cross in high relief, pierced vertically by a sword and flanked by outstretched angel wings, set against a deeply recessed field filled with a pattern of stylized flames evoking mourning and tragedy. The arc legend ГОЛОДОМОР – ГЕНОЦИД УКРАЇНСЬКОГО НАРОДУ curves along the upper rim in bold Cyrillic lettering. The dates 1932 and 1933, denoting the years of the famine-genocide, are positioned at lower left and lower right respectively, separated by a rectangular cartouche at the base bearing the exhortation ПАМ'ЯТАЙМО! (Remember!). The overall composition conveys solemn commemoration in the antique finish style. |
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| Mint | National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date) |
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Issued on the 74th anniversary of the Holodomor, this coin arrived at a moment of acute political tension: Ukraine had formally declared the famine a genocide just three years earlier, in 2003, and Russia's sustained refusal to recognize it as such was actively straining bilateral relations. The commemorative program was part of a broader state effort to codify the famine's historical status through official channels — monuments, memorial days, and numismatic issues alike.
The Holodomor of 1932–33 killed an estimated 3.5 to 7.5 million Ukrainians through deliberately engineered grain requisitions under Stalin's collectivization policy. Ukraine's parliament passed its genocide recognition law under President Kuchma, though the move drew immediate condemnation from Moscow.