- Written by: Alexander Malycky
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Для повного й всестороннього ознайомлення зі сукупністю віддзеркалення дії пошт і поштової історії в Україні за ввесь час існування цих пошт, слід, звичайно, досліджувати спершу поодинокі періоди, на протязі яких ці пошти існували. Одним з таких є огляд пошти в Галичині під німецькою займанщиною в роках 1941-1944 (конкретно, в Дистрикті Галичина; тобто одному з Дистриктів Генеральної Губернії), частина якого, про пошту в Крайсгавптманшафті Чортків, пропонується ось тут.
Read more: Пошта в Крайсгавптманшафті Чортків під німецькою займанщиною роках 1941-1944
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The Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) was voted by Swiss economists as the most beautiful currency in the world during the annual meeting of the aesthetics commission of the International Finance Bank (IFB) held mid-September 2008 in Switzerland.
The top five beautiful banknotes in order are: Ukrainian hryvnia, Australian dollar, euro, Bulgarian lev, and U.S. dollar.
A team of experts evaluated more than 50 national currencies taking into account the aesthetic design of banknotes, their solvency and security features as well as the historical significance of personalities and architectural structures depicted on the currency.
In addition, the bills were tested for durability. The Canadian dollar tore the easiest followed by the British pound and the Latvian lat. The hryvnia passed the durability test with flying colors.
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After 17 years as the name behind the UPNS newsletter Trident-Visnyk, our esteemed editor Lubomyr Onyshkevych has decided to hang up his pen. Editing and assembling 10 issues a year is not an easy job and we thank Lubomyr for his dedication in making the TV a successful publication. We will fondly remember him offering up his colorful editorials, latest philatelic news from Ukraine, new stamp issues, cancels, postcards, coins and other interesting Ukrainian collectibles. And so the reins have now passed on to our new newbie editor Stepan Moskal who will need much support and encouragement from all of us. Stepan, an avid collector of modern Ukraine, is not new to the challenges of publishing having produced a Ukraine stamp album a few years back. We look forward to his first issue of the Trident-Visnyk as he gives the newsletter a much needed facelift.
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A New Zealand personalized stamp was recently issued in March 2010 commemorating the 60th anniversary of Ukrainian emigration to New Zealand. The stamp was produced under the auspices of the Ukrainian Association of New Zealand (UANZ). The design of the stamps was based on the image of Hellenic Prince, a ship that brought the first group of Ukrainian post-World War II refugees to Wellington back in 1949.
New Zealand personalized stamps with NZD 0.50 and NZD 2.00 values were issued by New Zealand Post with a photo of the Hellenic Prince on the attached tab. Forty sheets of 20 x 50c stamps were produced (domestic standard rate medium letter size) and 2 sheets of 20 x $2.00 stamps (domestic standard rate oversized letter). Total number of the personalized stamps issued was 840.
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Ukraine won two awards in the 4th International commemorative coins competition "Coin Constellation-2010". The competition took place during the Second European conference on commemorative coins COINS-2010 held in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 9-10, 2010. The conference was attended by mints of Ukraine, Russia, Great Britain, Canada, Austria, Hong Kong, Spain and other countries.
A total of 209 coins from 24 countries were submitted for the competition and Ukraine won two of six categories: Coin of the Year and Silver Coin of the Year.
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On June 1, 2010 the National Bank of Ukraine issue a 2 hryven coin commemorating Ivan Mykytovych Kozhedub (June 8, 1920 — August 12, 1991) in the Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine series. He was the leading Soviet and Allied Ace of WWII with 62 kills including one Messerschmitt Me 262 Jet fighter.
Ivan Mykytovych Kozhedub was born in the village of Obrazhievka, a settlement in the Sumy region, Ukrainian SSR. Kozhedub was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin three times (1944, 1944, 1945), seven Orders of the Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky, two Orders of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War First Class, Order of Alexander Nevsky, and numerous medals.
The CupperNikelZinc 2 hryven coin is 31mm in diameter and weighs 12.8 grams. A total of 35,000 coins were minted. A La-7 flown by Kozhedub appears on the observe side. The reverse depicts Kozhedub along with an aircraft on a runway ready for takeoff.
- Written by: Ingert Kuzych
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It has long frustrated me that so many historians, Ukrainian and otherwise, seem to accept so "blindly" the medieval records of early Kyivan Rus' (the first state on Ukrainian and eastern European lands). By "blindly" I mean that obvious inconsistencies within the earliest chronicles are parroted as if they were set in stone, without any critical examination and without searching for possible alternate sources. I have long had an interest in Ihor, my royal namesake of the 10th century (Ihor derives from Ingvar, which derives from Inger(t)), and over several years have researched and compiled his biography as well as biographies of his wife, Olha, and son, Sviatoslav. Together they form medieval Ukraine's first "First Family."