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5 Hryven Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Station
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 5 Hryven |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse lettering | ДНІПРОГЕС 70 РОКІВ |
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The Dnipro Hydroelectric Station — Dniproges — was built between 1927 and 1932 as the centerpiece of Soviet industrialization policy under the first Five-Year Plan, and for a brief period was the largest hydroelectric dam in Europe. It was deliberately destroyed by Soviet engineers in August 1941 to slow the German advance, killing an unknown number of their own retreating troops and civilians downstream. The Germans rebuilt it partially; the Soviets restored it fully by 1950.
This 2002 commemorative was part of Ukraine's ongoing series honoring domestic infrastructure and industrial heritage in the post-independence decade.