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20 Roubles Sophia Cathedral. Polotsk
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Third Rouble (2016-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of the Republic of Belarus at center, depicted in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The arms display a sun rising over a globe, flanked by wheat sheaves and clover blossoms, with a red ribbon at the base inscribed РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ. The fineness mark Ag 925 appears to the lower left of the arms, and the year of issue 2018 to the lower right. A two-part circular legend reads РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ at the top and ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ at the bottom, separated by dot ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | ХI ХVIII САФІЙСКІ САБОР ПОЛАЦК ПОМНІКІ АРХІТЭКТУРЫ БЕЛАРУСІ. |
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Polotsk's St. Sophia Cathedral is among the oldest stone churches in the former Soviet space, built in the mid-11th century under Vseslav of Polotsk — a prince so feared by his contemporaries that the Tale of Igor's Campaign describes him leaping across the land as a wolf at night. The Polotsk Sophia was a deliberate assertion of the city's rivalry with Novgorod and Kiev, both of which had their own Sophias. It was heavily damaged, rebuilt in Baroque form in the 18th century, and later converted into a concert hall by Soviet authorities.