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Lot of 7x Belarus 2000 1000 Roubles Notes, 7pcs
Lot of 7x Belarus 2000 1000 Roubles Notes, 7pcs
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Lot of 7x Belarus 2000 1000 Roubles Notes, 7pcs
Located in Eastern Europe, Belarus is bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Like Ukraine and Russia, Belarus traces its history back to the medieval superpower known today as Kyivan Rus', from which both it and Russia take their names. Centred in the modern Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Kyivan Rus' rose from a Viking trading post to a sprawling empire that stretched from the Barents to the Black Sea. Culturally, it was highly advanced; literacy was high, cathedrals soared, and laws were relatively progressive for the period. Cracks, however, began showing in the twelfth century. Kyiv -- the city -- was highly desirable, and so feudal lords began wrestling over it so viciously that, between 1146 and 1246, it changed hands 47 times. Weak from the repeated sieges, burnings, and ransackings, there was nothing Kyiv could do when, in 1240, the Mongols came.
The Mongols, led by Batu Khan, cracked Kyivan Rus' like an egg. Two halves split: the northeast was yoked by the Mongols, and eventually those states would unite around Moscow as the Tsardom of Russia; the southwest, meanwhile, was swallowed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and would eventually become the modern states of Ukraine and Belarus. From here, the area was subject to a vicious tug-of-war between the larger powers around it, which Russia would eventually win. Belarusians, like Ukrainians, came under Russian dominance, which they wouldn't escape fully until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Today, Belarus maintains many of its Soviet-era policies and is half of the Union State, an alliance between itself and Russia.
This lot includes seven notes from Belarus which saw use in the early aughts. The building on the obverse is the National Museum of Art, an institution that maintains a large collection of art from Belarus, Russia, and larger Europe.
Located in Eastern Europe, Belarus is bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Like Ukraine and Russia, Belarus traces its history back to the medieval superpower known today as Kyivan Rus', from which both it and Russia take their names. Centred in the modern Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Kyivan Rus' rose from a Viking trading post to a sprawling empire that stretched from the Barents to the Black Sea. Culturally, it was highly advanced; literacy was high, cathedrals soared, and laws were relatively progressive for the period. Cracks, however, began showing in the twelfth century. Kyiv -- the city -- was highly desirable, and so feudal lords began wrestling over it so viciously that, between 1146 and 1246, it changed hands 47 times. Weak from the repeated sieges, burnings, and ransackings, there was nothing Kyiv could do when, in 1240, the Mongols came.
The Mongols, led by Batu Khan, cracked Kyivan Rus' like an egg. Two halves split: the northeast was yoked by the Mongols, and eventually those states would unite around Moscow as the Tsardom of Russia; the southwest, meanwhile, was swallowed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and would eventually become the modern states of Ukraine and Belarus. From here, the area was subject to a vicious tug-of-war between the larger powers around it, which Russia would eventually win. Belarusians, like Ukrainians, came under Russian dominance, which they wouldn't escape fully until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Today, Belarus maintains many of its Soviet-era policies and is half of the Union State, an alliance between itself and Russia.
This lot includes seven notes from Belarus which saw use in the early aughts. The building on the obverse is the National Museum of Art, an institution that maintains a large collection of art from Belarus, Russia, and larger Europe.
