Issued into circulation on June 26, 2007.

Technical description

Denomination, hryvnia	Metal	Weight, g	Diameter, mm	Quality	Edge	Mintage, pieces
2	German silver	12.8	31.0	special uncirculated	grooved	35 000

The jubilee coin is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of birth of Oleh Olzhych (Oleh Oleksandrovych Kandyba) – a poet, public figure and archeologist. During the World War II he headed a patriotic anti-fascist underground resistance group and was one of the organizers of the Ukrainian National Council in Kyiv (1941). In 1944, arrested by Gestapo men, he perished in a fascist concentration camp.

The coin continues	"Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine" series
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On the coin obverse against the glass background there are: above - the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, thereunder – the inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ / БАНК / УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), below to the right – 2 / ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias), the coin face value, beneath - the year of coinage: 2007, to the left there is a depiction of a chestnut leaf fallen on the block pavement and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.

On the coin reverse Oleh Olzhych is portrayed, and the following inscriptions are placed: 1907 / 1944 (to the left) and ОЛЕГ ОЛЬЖИЧ (Oleh Olzhych).

Artists – Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk (obverse), Anatolii Demianenko (reverse). Sculptors – Volodymyr Atamanchuk, Volodymyr Demianenko.