Mogilev, one of Belarus's oldest cities, sits on the Dnieper and endured some of the heaviest fighting on the Eastern Front during World War II — the city held out in a siege for 23 days in July 1941 before German forces overwhelmed it. This coin belongs to the National Bank's long-running "Cities of Belarus" series, which documented regional urban identity through the early 2000s as the country worked to establish a distinct numismatic program following Soviet dissolution.
Mogilev, one of Belarus's oldest cities, sits on the Dnieper and endured some of the heaviest fighting on the Eastern Front during World War II — the city held out in a siege for 23 days in July 1941 before German forces overwhelmed it. This coin belongs to the National Bank's long-running "Cities of Belarus" series, which documented regional urban identity through the early 2000s as the country worked to establish a distinct numismatic program following Soviet dissolution.