2009

Series: Outstanding Persons of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to Volodymyr Mikhailovich Ivasyuk - a composer, poet, pop singer, one of the founders of domestic pop music. Volodymyr Ivasyuk became a symbol of the Ukrainian revival during the 1980s and 90s, whose works have gained widespread recognition not only in Ukraine but also abroad. 2 hryvnias, year of issue: 2009 Circulation: 35000 pieces, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams.

Series: Outstanding Persons of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to one of the pioneers of aviation, the designer of airplanes and helicopters, an industrialist Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky. Studying at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute (1907 - 1914), Igor Sikorsky began working on the first developments of future helicopters. From 1910 he built airplanes. The first multi-engine planes in the world - `Grand`,` Ilya Muromets`, `Russian knight` - its designs. He came from Ukraine, he glorified his name as one of the most famous aircraft designers in the world. 2 hryvnias, year of issue: 2009 Circulation: 35000 pieces, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams.

Series: Outstanding Persons of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the Ukrainian lawyer, public and state figure, and the chairman of the government of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic - Kostya Levytsky. 2 hryvnias, year of issue: 2009 Circulation: 35000 pieces, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams.

Series: Other coins The coin is dedicated to the International Year of Astronomy, which was announced by the United Nations in 2009. Four years ago Galileo Galileo first used a telescope to study the objects of the universe. The famous Ukrainian scientist-astronomer, who is proud of Ukraine, is Yuriy Drohobych (Kotermak, Blood 1450 - 1494) - an encyclopedic, thinker-humanist. Born and raised in the city of Drohobych. In 1481 - 1482 he was the rector of the Bologna University. His work 'Prognostic Assessment of the Current 1483' is the first printed book by a Ukrainian author. 5 hryvnia, year of issue: 2009 Year of circulation: 45000 pcs, Metal: German silver, Weight 16,54 grams

Series: Outstanding Persons of Ukraine The coin is devoted to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Bogolyubov, one of the founders of modern fundamental science, the founder of schools of nonlinear mechanics and statistical physics. The outstanding scientific talent of Nikolai Nikolayevich made it possible to accomplish important discoveries in the world in various fields. His name was given to the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 2 hryvnias, year of issue: 2009 Circulation: 35000 pieces, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams.

Series: Outstanding Persons of Ukraine The coin is devoted to Pavlo Chubinsky, an ethnographer, folklorist, poet, public and cultural figure, author of the Ukrainian Hymn `Ukraine has not yet died ...`. Paul Platonovich is rightfully one of the most honorable places in the galder of Gromad and the scholars of the second half of the XIX century, thanks to the titanic efforts which made possible the national revival of Ukraine. He was one of the founders of the Ukrainian ethnographic science, headed ethnographic expeditions on the study of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldavia. 2 hryvnias, year of issue: 2009 Circulation: 35000 pieces, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams.

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to Simon Petliura Vasilyevich - public and political figure, publicist, member of the Central Council, head of Ukrainian Military General Committee, Secretary General of Military Affairs, Chief Ataman UNR Army, head of the Directorate of the UPR. Name Simon Petliura became a symbol of the struggle for an independent Ukraine.

Series: Folk crafts and crafts The coin is devoted to the profession of woodworking. Stelmash, the main purpose of which is the manufacture of wheels, sleds, vans, arches, etc., has been known in Ukraine since ancient times and was one of the most widely used crafts. 5 hryvnia, year of issue: 2009 Year of circulation: 45000 pcs, Metal: German silver, Weight 16,54 grams

Series: Ukrainian Heritage The coin is dedicated to Easter egg - a vivid example of Ukrainian traditional artistic creation, which has its own specific ornamental motifs and color scheme in every ethnographic region of Ukraine. 5 hryvnia, year of issue: 2009 Year of circulation: 50000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight: 16.54 grams