5 hryven UKRAINE 2020 - City of Slavyansk

Obverse : Above is the small coat of arms of Ukraine, to the left of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) and the face value of the coin 5/ ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); In the center, on a plain background, there is a stylized composition showing the historical periods of the city's life: a Cossack against the backdrop of a fragment of a wooden fortress, under which are stylized waves and the legend СОЛЯНИЙ / ТОР (Solianyi / Hill); To the right of the Cossack are the year of issue of the coin - 2020 and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse : Against the outline of Mount Karachun is the following stylized composition of the modern city: above is the coat of arms of Sloviansk, below which is the administrative building of the town hall and historical buildings: the Church of the Holy Resurrection (on the right ), the local hospital building (on the left) and a fountain (below, in the foreground).

This coin celebrates a city that lies on the Kazenyi Torets River, which is next to the salt lakes of Tor. The history of the city dates back to the times when the area was part of the Wild Fields, a steppe area in Ukraine. In 1645, a small fort was built at the site of the river crossing. A fortress city was later founded there (known as Tor or Solianyi until 1784). By the end of the 18th century, it had become the main town of that district, where merchants came from all over Slobidska Ukraine (a historical region, now located in northeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia). The development of the city has historically been associated with the salt industry: the production of salt and the treatment of patients with salt water and therapeutic mud. The modern city of Sloviansk has become a symbol of Ukraine's struggle to regain occupied areas it lost to Russian aggression in 2014.