Ex-Soviet republics. Ukraine.

I want to start a several new threads, devoted a history of the independent states which was the parts of Soviet Union.
This thread I devoting to Ukraine. Well, Ukraine was the one of the 15 soviet republics which formed USSR. Ukraine has an area 603700 sq.km. and population about 50000000.
Ukraine become an independent state on 5 December 1991.
Although I was born and live in Siberia, I remember that a several of my ancestors was an Ukrainians (they went into Siberia from Ukraine).

 

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Ukrainian monetary system was a not simple:
100000 karbovanets = 1 hryvnia (until 2 September 1996); 100 kopiyok = 1 hryvnia (since 2 September 1996). Kopiyok has replaced the karbovanet.

 

1 kopiyka 1992, stainless steel, size - 16 mm, weight - 1,5 g. Mintage unknown.

 

2 kopiyky 1993, aluminium, size - 17,3 mm, weight - 0,64 g. Mintage unknown.


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5 kopiyok 1992, stainless steel, size - 24 mm, weight - 4,3 g. Mintage unknown.

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10 kopiyok 1992, brass. Mintage unknown.

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25 kopiyok 1992, brass. Size - 20,8 mm, weight - 2,9 g. Mintage unknown.

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50 kopiyok 1992, brass. Size - 23 mm, weight - 4,2 g. Mintage unknown.

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One hryvnia 2002, aluminium-bronze. Size - 26 mm, weight - 6,9 g. Mintage unknown.

 

One hryvnia 2005, aluminium-bronze. Size - 26 mm, weight - 6,8 g. Mintage - 5000000. "WWII Victory 60th Anniversary".


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One hryvnia 2005, aluminium-bronze. Size - 26 mm, weight - 6,74 g. Mintage unknown. "Volodimir the Great".

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200000 karbovantsiv 1996, copper-nickel, size - 33 mm, weight - 14,35 g. Mintage - 75000. "Michailo Hrushevsky". Prooflike. Minted at 9 August 1996.

 

200000 karbovantsiv 1996, copper-nickel, size - 31 mm, weight - 12,8 g. Mintage - 100000. "Centennial of Modern Olympics".". Prooflike. Minted at 10 July 1996.

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200000 karbovantsiv 1996, copper-nickel, size - 31 mm, weight - 12,8 g. Mintage - 100000. "Centennial of Modern Olympics".". Prooflike. Minted at 10 July 1996. "First participation in Summer Olympics".


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Thank you for sharing those photos, that was very interesting. I work with a women who was born in the Ukraine but moved to the United States, soon after the Berlin wall fell. I believe she was about 9 or 10 years old. Upstate New York has a very strong Ukrainian community.

 

2 hryvni 2005, copper-nickel-zink. Size - 31 mm, weight - 12,8 g., mintage - 30000. "Dmytro Yavornytsky". Minted at 22 September 2005.

 

2 hryvni 2005, copper-nickel-zink. Size - 31 mm, weight - 12,8 g., mintage - 60000. "Kiyv National Univercity of Economics".
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2 hryvni 2006, copper-nickel-zink. Size - 31 mm, weight - 12,8 g., mintage - 30000. "Heorhii Narbut".


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2 hryvni 2006, copper-nickel-zink. Size - 31 mm, weight - 12,8 g., mintage - 60000. "Bush Katydid grasshopper".

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2 hryvni 2006, copper-nickel-zink. Size - 31 mm, weight - 12,8 g., mintage - 45000. "Michailo Hrushevskyi".


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