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20 Roubles Lew Sapieha
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Thickness | 3.2 mm |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Edge | Plain with inscription |
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Lew Sapieha served as Grand Chancellor of Lithuania and was the principal architect of the 1588 Lithuanian Statute, arguably the most sophisticated legal code in contemporary Europe — one that explicitly limited the power of the monarch at a time when absolute rule was consolidating elsewhere on the continent. Belarus has claimed him as a foundational figure in its national historical narrative, partly because Smolensk, where he was later Voivode, and the territories he administered overlap significantly with the modern Belarusian state.
This issue is part of a broader National Bank silver commemorative program celebrating figures from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania period.