Tag: Ukraine
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1992 Ukraine 10 Kopiyok
A coin which sat in storage for years Ukraine (Ukraine in green, Russian occupied territory in light green and rest of Europe / Africa / Asia in grey. From Wikipedia). Note: Throughout this post – as most posts, where I have quoted other sites, I have left the spelling as it was originally. This has…
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1986 Ukraine Chernobyl Liquidator’s medal
A chilling reminder of bravery This is my entry for Day 21 “U” of the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge!U = Ukraine, or USSR Chernobyl View of Chernobyl taken from the roof of a building in Pripyat, Ukraine. Photo from Wikipedia. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Ukrainian: Чорнобильська атомна електростанція) was a set of four…
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Krasnolymanska Coal Mine checks, Ukraine
Exonumia from a war zone Three for the price of one today! Mostly because I believe these all came from the Krasnolymanska Coal Mine in Ukraine, however I’m not 100% clear on how each was used. Trying to work out the text and run it through Google Translate, I came up with the text “ЩК-АИМ”…