Ostroh Academy coin 5 uah 2001

Series: Higher educational institutions of Ukraine
The coin is dedicated to the first Ukrainian high school - the Ostroh Academy, founded by VK Ostrogsky in 1576. This school taught Slavic, Greek, Latin, and so-called free science (grammar, arithmetic, rhetoric, logic, etc.) . Her first rector was the writer GD Smotrytsky, and the pupils were well-known scientist and writer M.Smotrytsky, hetman Petro Sagaidachny and others. Ostroh Academy is closely connected with the printing house, where the works of the school's mentors were printed, and in 1581 Ivan Fedorov published the Ostroh Bible.
5 hryvnia,
year of issue: 2001
Circulation: 30000 pieces,
Metal: nickel silver,
Weight 16.54 grams