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20 Roubles Belarus Liberation From Nazi Invaders
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus is displayed in relief at the top of the obverse field. At center, a damaged clock face is depicted with its hands frozen at the precise moment Nazi forces commenced active military operations on Belarusian territory, serving as a powerful memorial symbol. A circumferential legend at the top reads РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (Republic of Belarus), with the alloy standard Ag 925, the denomination 20 РУБЛЁЎ, and the year of issue 2009 inscribed beneath. |
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| Obverse lettering | • РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ • Ag 925 20 РУБЛЁЎ 2009 |
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Belarus lost somewhere between a quarter and a third of its entire population during the German occupation — proportionally among the worst losses of any territory in the war. The partisan movement operating from the Naliboki and Belovezhskaya forests was extensive enough that German forces mounted repeated large-scale anti-partisan sweeps, burning villages wholesale. Khatyn, destroyed in March 1943, became the symbolic center of Belarusian wartime memory and was chosen over Khatyn' in Russia specifically to avoid Cold War confusion.
The 2009 issue falls within a broader Belarusian commemorative program marking the 65th anniversary of liberation, which the Red Army completed by August 1944.