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5 Hryven St Volodymyr's Cathedral
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Nickel brass (German silver) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an ornamental decorative element inspired by the interior embellishment of St. Volodymyr's Cathedral, rendered in fine detail against the coin's field. Below this central motif, the years of the cathedral's construction, 1862 - 1882, are inscribed, separated by an ornamental band. The cathedral's name ВОЛОДИМИРСЬКИЙ СОБОР appears in two lines at the bottom of the design, completing the composition with a balanced, decorative arrangement. |
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St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv was consecrated in 1896 after nearly four decades of construction plagued by funding shortfalls, structural failures, and the death of its original architect. The interior murals, executed by Mikhail Vrubel and Viktor Vasnetsov among others, were considered so significant that Soviet authorities preserved the building rather than demolishing it — a fate that befell hundreds of Ukrainian Orthodox churches during the antireligious campaigns of the 1930s.
This coin was issued in 2022, the year Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The cathedral sustained no major structural damage in the opening year of the war, though Kyiv itself came under sustained missile and drone attack.