Bohdan Khmelnytskyi (1595-1657) is a great hetman of Ukraine, a public figure and a military leader who established the Ukrainian State by uniting the left-bank and right-bank territories of Ukraine.
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Cyrillic
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НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
ГОЛОВА
5
Богдан Хмельницький Гетьман
БОГДАН ХМЕЛЬНИЦЬКИЙ
5
5
П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE HEAD 5 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Hetman BOHDAN KHMELNYTSKYI 5 5 FIVE HRYVNIAS)
Reverse description
Illyinska (St. Elias) Church in Subotiv village was built in 1653 as a Khmelnytskyi family burial-vault. B. Khmelnytskyi and his son Tymosh are buried there.
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Cyrillic
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П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
5
ЦЕРКВА В СЕЛІ СУБОТОВІ
2005
5 (Translation: FIVE HRYVNIAS NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE 5 THE CHURCH IN THE SUBOTIV VILLAGE 2005 5)
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National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)
Mintage
2004 - Proof (Signature of Serhii Tihipko, in set with banknote) - 100 2004 - Proof (Signature of Serhii Tihipko) - 400 2005 - Proof (Signature of Volodymyr Stelmakh) - 1 000 2011 - Proof (Signature of Serhii Arbuzov) - 500 2013 - Proof (Signature of Ihor Sorkin) - 50