5 hryven UKRAINE 2022 - St. Volodymyr's Cathedral
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This commemorative coin features the brown bear. The Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, located in the area affected by the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster, is a unique nature reserve in Ukraine. Despite suffering a planetary-scale catastrophe, nature has been recovering here at a surprisingly fast pace. These vast areas have become a kind of reserve for the recovery of fauna typical of the Polesia region, including animals on the list of endangered species. The area is seeing the return of large animals to their natural habitats from which they were previously completely eliminated by humans. One of these species is the brown bear, which reappeared in the decades after the accident, one hundred years after it was last seen there. Photo traps have occasionally recorded the presence of brown bears in the reserve. Experts suggest that in the future about 40 brown bears can live comfortably in both reserves: the Chornobyl reserve and the Polesian State Radiation and Ecological Reserve (on the territory of Belarus), which borders the Chornobyl reserve.
Above: Above is the small coat of arms of Ukraine with the following legends: ??????? (Ukraine) (below the coat of arms); the face value of the coin 5/??????? (5/hryvnias) (on the right of the (Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve) (on the left), CHORNOBYL RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE; the year of issue of the coin 2022 (below); and the minting mark of the NBU banknote printing and minting works (above).
Reverse: Against the outline of a landscape scene is a brown bear (pad print), above is the legend, on a plain background: ?????????/????? (BEAR/BROWN) / URSUS ARCTOS; Upstairs there is a sow with a cub.
