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5 Hryven Nikolai Gogol
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a three-quarter portrait of Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, depicted wearing a cape draped over his shoulders and a vyshyvanka (traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt), symbolizing his Ukrainian cultural roots. The semicircular inscription МИКОЛА ГОГОЛЬ arcs above the portrait along the upper rim. The dates 1809 and 1852, denoting the years of his birth and death, appear in the lower field flanking the portrait. The composition is rendered in high relief with fine engraved detail, capturing the literary figure's characteristic countenance. The overall design reflects a commemorative aesthetic honoring the 200th anniversary of Gogol's birth. |
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Issued on the bicentennial of Gogol's birth, this coin appeared during a period of notable tension between Russia and Ukraine over the writer's cultural ownership — both nations claim him as a native son, a dispute that has only sharpened since. Born in Poltava governorate, Gogol wrote almost exclusively in Russian, spent much of his adult life in St. Petersburg and Rome, and died in Moscow, yet his Ukrainian origins and early folk-inflected work have made him a recurring figure on Ukrainian commemorative programs.