The national Bank of Ukraine issued a coin 500th anniversary of the victory over Moscow
The national Bank of Ukraine with the environment, fifteen October, enters into use 30 thousand Commemorative coins in denominations of 5 hryvnia in honor of the 500th anniversary of the battle of Orsha, in which the Polish-Lithuanian army defeated the Russian army.
" (Coin) is dedicated to winning the battle of the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the army of the Russian Federation near Orsha (now the district of Belarus). Victory in Orsha battle 1514 stopped the offensive of the troops of the Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily III Ivanovich and had a great international value. The army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania headed by Prince Constantine of Ostrog consisted of Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Belarusian forces, " the statement said, RIA " Novosti ". On the obverse of the coin is placed, for example, the composition of the 4 of swords that symbolizes military Alliance of 4 Nations: Polish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Ukrainian. Along with this on the obverse of the coins placed, among other things, a symbolic composition of the battle, based on stylized fragments of paintings " the Battle of Orsha ", created by an unknown party battles, and an image of Prince Constantine of Ostrog. The battle of Orsha was held on 8 September 1514, during the Russo-Lithuanian war 1512-1522 years, in which the Russian army headed by Governor Ivan Kalagnanam and Mikhail Bulgakov-Golitsa was opposed by the United troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Kingdom of Poland under the Great Hetman of Lithuania Ostrozky and Polish court Hetman Janusz Sorovskogo. The battle ended in a tactical victory of the Polish-Lithuanian army and the retreat of the Russian army, however, the strategic importance of the battle proved to be modest. The aim of the Polish-Lithuanian campaign - the return of the now lost Smolensk - was not achieved, and success was limited to only exercise a few small border fortresses. Anyway, the Battle was widely propagandized by king Sigismund II to consolidate its influence in the European Union, shaken after the loss of Smolensk.
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