This coin is dedicated to an important event in European history in the first half of the 17th century, which effectively decided the fate of Christian civilization: the 400th anniversary of the Battle of Khotyn, during which the Zaporozhian-Polish-Lithuanian army He stopped the Ottoman. army on the border with Moldova. In September 1621, Sultan Osman II's army, numbering many thousands, gathered on the battlefield against a much smaller force. The Ottomans attacked the Cossack positions seventeen times and the positions of the Polish-Lithuanian forces about ten times. The role of the Zaporozhian army, led by the brilliant politician and commander Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachnyi, who employed night fighting tactics against the enemy, was particularly significant. Due to huge losses (Ottoman II's army lost around 40,000 soldiers), the Ottoman Empire was forced to abandon plans to conquer Europe and instead signed the Khotyn Peace Treaty.
Obverse : Above, on a plain background, is the small coat of arms of Ukraine, to the right of which is the legend ??????? (Ukraine); in the center is a composition symbolizing the site of the army camp in Khotyn: a fortress (on the left), the defending army (on the right of the fortress) surrounded by smoke; Above, beyond the river, to the right of the fortress, is a stylized camp of the raiding army; there are the following legends: 5/??????? (5/hryvnias) (against the backdrop of the fortress), the year of issue of the coin: 2021 (below, on a matte background), the mint mark of the NBU Minting and Banknote Printing Factory is under the year of issue.
Reverse : in the foreground is an image of Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi; in the foreground there are figures of soldiers; To the left, on a plain background, the following legends appear: ?????????/ ?????/ 1621/ ??? (Battle/ of /Khotyn/ 1621).
