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20 Roubles Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Zubr
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 33.63 g |
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| Reverse lettering | БЕЛАВЕЖСКАЯ ПУШЧА ЗУБР (Translation: Belovezhskaya Pushcha Zubr) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Belavezhskaya Pushcha — the primeval forest straddling the Belarusian-Polish border — is home to the last wild population of European bison, a species that went extinct in the wild in 1927 and was rebuilt entirely from captive stock over subsequent decades. The reintroduction program began in the 1950s; by 2001 the population had recovered sufficiently to become a source of cautious national pride rather than ongoing crisis.
The forest itself gained UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979, with the Belarusian section added in 1992 shortly after independence.