Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722-1794). An outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, poet, writer, enlightener, pedagogue and musician. He epitomized the spiritual awakening of the Ukrainian society in the end of the XVIIIth century.
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Kyiv Mohyla Academy – the first higher education school in Ukraine founded in 1632; the largest centre of general education in the XVII-XVIIIth centuries. It trained teachers for Slavo-Greek-Latin academies, clerical educators and theological seminary teachers. H. Skovoroda was among the most famous alumni of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy.
500
П`ЯТСОТ ГРИВЕНЬ
УКРАЇНА
Не ра́вное всѣмъ ра́венство.
Льются изъ разныхъ тру́бокъ, разные токи: въ ра́зные
Григорій Сковорода
1722-1794
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
Голова
500 (Translation: 500 FIVE HUNDRED HRYVNIAS UKRAINE Not equal to all equality. They flow from different pipes, different currents: into different Hryhorii Skovoroda 1722-1794 NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE Head 500)
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УКРАЇНА
500
П`ятсот гривень
Київ 2006
Києво-Могилянська академія
500 ГРИВЕНЬ 500 (Translation: UKRAINE 500 Five hundred hryvnias Kyiv 2006 Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 500 HRYVEN 500)