These 10 hryven coins were struck in 2021—the year before Russia’s illegal and ill-fated invasion of Ukraine—by the National Bank of Ukraine, as part of a set of collectible issues, honoring the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On the reverse is the semicircular legend ??????? (Ukraine); under the legend are Ukraine's small coat of arms (to the left) and the shoulder patch of the airborne force of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (to the right); in the center, against a smooth background, is the emblem of the airborne force of Ukraine’s Armed Forces; to the left of the emblem are the face value 10 and the graphic symbol of the hryvnia; to the right of the emblem is the coin’s issue year - 2021; beneath is the semicircular legend ????????-???????? ??????? ??? (the airborne force of Ukraine’s Armed Forces); under the coin issue year is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works. On the obverse is a paratrooper, wearing medieval armor and bearing a longsword. On his back are wings, a symbol of the Archangel Michael, patron saint of the army. With a war Vladimir Putin foolishly believed would be over in three days now in its second year, and Russia losing badly, the Archangel’s protection seems more than symbolic.
This album contains a 2 hao banknote, P-69, issued in 1958, as well as three commemorative Vietnamese postage stamps, one of which features Ho Chi Minh.
Sun Tzu, the great Chinese military strategist, wrote The Art of War in the fifth century BC. The ancient treatise contains 13 chapters, each devoted to different aspects of warfare: strategy,...
