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20 Roubles The Cathedral of St Nicholas
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Edge | Plain with seven indentations |
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The Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Minsk has a complicated history that makes it an unusual subject for a commemorative issue. Originally built in the late 17th century as a Bernardine church, it was seized by the Russian imperial government in 1852 and converted to Orthodox use — a transfer that was itself politically charged given the ongoing suppression of Catholic institutions in the western provinces. The Soviet period was harder still: the building served variously as a warehouse and a workshop before its return to the Orthodox Church in 1990.
The pad-printing technique used for the colored version of this type was relatively new to Belarusian commemorative coinage at this date.