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20 Roubles Defenders of the Brest Fortress
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus appears in relief at the top of the field. At center, the Order of the Patriotic War is rendered in relief with applied red and white enamel coloring. Below the central device, the year of issue and the silver fineness standard 'Ag 925' are inscribed. A circular legend along the upper rim reads 'РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ' (Republic of Belarus) in Cyrillic, while the lower rim bears the denomination legend 'ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ' (Twenty Roubles). |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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Belarus issued this coin on the 60th anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II, commemorating the garrison that held Brest Fortress against the German assault launched on June 22, 1941 — the opening hours of Operation Barbarossa. The fortress held out for weeks after the surrounding front had collapsed entirely, with isolated pockets of resistance documented into late July and possibly August.
Soviet authorities suppressed the Brest story for years after the war, as the fortress's encirclement implied a catastrophic failure of border defenses. Khrushchev-era rehabilitation eventually made it one of the USSR's most decorated military sites, named a Hero-Fortress in 1965.