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5 Hryven 250 Years of Kirovohrad
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | УКРАЇНА 2004 5 ГРИВЕНЬ |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Kirovohrad was founded in 1754 as Svyata Yelysaveta fortress, built by Russian imperial decree to anchor the southern frontier against Tatar raids. The 250th anniversary this coin marks falls at an awkward moment historically — the city has carried four different names since its founding, a record that reflects successive waves of ideological housekeeping rather than any organic civic identity. It was renamed Zinovievsk, then Kirovo, then Kirovohrad in honor of the assassinated Bolshevik official Sergei Kirov, a name the city still officially bore when this coin was struck in 2004.