This coin celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Piddubnyi, a renowned athlete who won six Greco-Roman wrestling World Cups. The “champion of the champions” or the “king of the champions” – as the European media of his day called him – won world renown for his Herculean strength, courage, agility and willpower. Over the 40 years of his career, Piddubnyi did not lose a single championship, losing only some individual fight matches. Piddubnyi, who was of Cossack stock, rose to fame as a legendary athlete, while his name became the symbol of his people’s indomitable spirit. To this day, people of great physical strength are compared to Piddubnyi.

Obverse: above is the legend УКРАЇНА/ 2021 (Ukraine/2021), below which is Ukraine`s small coat of arms; in the center is a stylized composition depicting a medal on a ribbon that is made to look like the globe; around the globe are the following legends: УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ БОГАТИР (Ukrainian strongman) (semicircular, above the globe) and ЧЕМПІОН ЧЕМПІОНІВ (champion of the champions) (semicircular, below the globe); beneath, against a smooth background is the coin’s face value 2/ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias); on either side of the central composition are stylized fighting scenes; beneath, to the right is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: against a smooth background is an image of Piddubnyi, to the right of which are the years of his birth and death – 1871/1949 and the legend ІВАН ПІДДУБНИЙ (Ivan Piddubnyi) (semicircular, to the right).

This coin commemorates 80 years since the tragedy that occurred in the Babyn Yar area in Kyiv during World War II. From September 1941 until the end of September 1943, regular mass shootings and burials took place there. The Babyn Yar area is the grave site of over 100,000 people. The victims of the Nazis were mostly Jews, but also Ukrainians, Gypsies and other nationalities.

Obverse: to the right is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, under which is the angled legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); to the left is the angled face value 10 ГРИВЕНЬ (10 hryvnias); in the center, against the background of concentric circles that resemble a target and a fragment of a topographic image of the Babyn Yar area that resembles blood splashes, is the following stylized composition: a heart with a bullet hole in it; there are the following legends: БАБИН ЯР 1941 (Babyn Yar 1941) (semicircular, above) and the coin’s issue year – 2021 (below).

Reverse: there is the following composition depicting the Babyn Yar tragedy: anthropomorphic figures that appear to be lying underground and that symbolize families who have been shot dead. Above is the following legend: 80-ТІ РОКОВИНИ/ТРАГЕДІЇ В БАБИНОМУ ЯРУ (80 years since the Babyn Yar tragedy).

This coin commemorates 80 years since the tragedy that occurred in the Babyn Yar area in Kyiv during World War II. From September 1941 until the end of September 1943, regular mass shootings and burials took place there. The Babyn Yar area is the grave site of over 100,000 people. The victims of the Nazis were mostly Jews, but also Gypsies, Ukrainians and other nationalities.

Obverse: to the right is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, under which is the angled legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); to the left is the angled face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias); in the center, against the background of concentric circles that resemble a target and a fragment of a topographic image of the Babyn Yar area that resembles blood splashes, is the following stylized composition: a heart with a bullet hole in it; there are the following legends: БАБИН ЯР 1941 (Babyn Yar 1941) (semicircular, above) and the coin’s issue year – 2021 (below); above, to the left is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: there is the following composition depicting the Babyn Yar tragedy: anthropomorphic figures that appear to be lying underground and that symbolize families who have been shot dead. Above is the following legend: 80-ТІ РОКОВИНИ/ТРАГЕДІЇ В БАБИНОМУ ЯРУ (80 years since the Babyn Yar tragedy).