Medal - City of Heroes - Kharkiv

€1.00
LocationUkraine
Year2022
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionNickel brass (German silver)
Weight16.54 g
Diameter35 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
PeriodRepublic (1991-date)
NoticeAnatolii Demianenko, Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Luk`ianov Yurii
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionInscriptions 2022/УКРАЇНА at the top, the small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine at the bottom, the composition in the center: and against the background of a stylized map of the city, lines from Lina Kostenko’s historical novel “Berestechko”: ЧИ СПРАВДІ ВІРИВ Я У ПЕРЕМОГУ/В ТАКІЙ ТЯЖКІЙ НЕРІВНІЙ БОРОТЬБІ?/ТАК, ВІРИВ Я. НАЙПЕРШЕ ВІРИВ – БОГУ./І ВІРИВ ЛЮДЯМ. ЛЮДЯМ І СОБІ./ЛІНА КОСТЕНКО; a collage of the city`s sights: Kharkiv`s Kobzar - a monument to Taras Shevchenko, one of the best examples of monumental art (left), a UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Derzhprom building, erected in the 1920s in the style constructivism, the gazebo-fountain `Mirror stream` - one of the modern symbols of the city; logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (on the left above the monument).
Obverse lettering2022 УКРАЇНА ЧИ СПРАВДІ ВІРИВ Я У ПЕРЕМОГУ В ТАКІЙ ТЯЖКІЙ НЕРІВНІЙ БОРОТЬБІ? ТАК, ВІРИВ Я. НАЙПЕРШЕ ВІРИВ – БОГУ. І ВІРИВ ЛЮДЯМ. ЛЮДЯМ І СОБІ. ЛІНА КОСТЕНКО
Obverse scriptCyrillic
Reverse descriptionThe inscription - ХАРКІВ, in which the letter I is presented in the form of a candle / МІСТО ГЕРОЇВ, which divides the field of the medal into two parts, united by a common idea: in the upper part of the composition, buildings battered and mutilated by shells and bombs are depicted, in the lower one is a stylized panorama of the city with its historical monuments and the Polovtsian stone women from Mount Kremenets near Izyum, monuments of sacred art (IX-XIII centuries).
Reverse letteringХАРКІВ МІСТО ГЕРОЇВ
(Translation: KHARKIV CITY OF HEROES)
Reverse scriptCyrillic
EngraverNational Bank of Ukraine Banknote
Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)
Mintage2022  - Special Uncirculated - 50 000
Catalog ID4353545290
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