5 hryvnias

2021

The Battle of Khotyn

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General

2021
29.10.2021
35 000

Coin type

16,54 гр.
35 мм
1,8 мм

Description

Obverse
On the obverse of the coin there are: at the top, on a mirrored background - the small State Emblem of Ukraine, to the right of which is the inscription УКРАИНА; in the center - a composition symbolizing the siege of the Khotyn camp: a fortress (left), troops of defenders (to the right of the fortress), around which there are clouds of smoke; above the river, to the right of the fortress, is a stylized enemy camp; inscriptions: face value - 5 / ГРИВЕНЬ (against the background of the fortress), year of minting of the coin 2021 (below on a matte background); logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (under the year of minting).
Reverse
The reverse of the coin depicts hetman Petr Sagaidachny in the foreground, figures of soldiers in the second; on the left on the mirrored background there are inscriptions: KHOTINSKAYA / BITVA / 1621 / YEAR.
Edge
Corrugated
Description
Dedicated to an important event in the European history of the first half of the 17th century, which actually decided the fate of Christian civilization - the 400th anniversary of the Khotyn epic, during which the Ottoman army was stopped at the Moldovan border by the joint efforts of the Zaporozhye-Polish-Lithuanian army. In September 1621, the army of many thousands of Ottoman Sultan II met on the battlefield, which was opposed by an army of much smaller numbers. The Ottomans stormed Cossack positions seventeen times and about ten times - the positions of the Polish-Lithuanian forces. The role of the Zaporozhye army, led by a brilliant politician and commander Pyotr Konashevich-Sagaidachny, who imposed the tactics of a night war on the enemy, was especially significant. Considering the huge losses (the Ottoman army II was missing about 40 thousand soldiers), the Ottoman Empire was forced to abandon plans to conquer Europe and sign the Khotin peace treaty.