Meaning of hrivna | Babel Free

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Alternative spelling of hryvnia.

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“Hrivni and karbovantsi came in from the Russian Ukraine, the money of the democratic Peasant Republic. […] The hrivna was to have⟳ been equal to an Austrian crown, but even under the Ukrainian administration 100 hrivni were paid for 60 to 70 crowns. The naive claim⟳ appeared on the hrivni that they ranked “on an equality with gold,” but the Austrian crowns were truly a reminiscence of a golden age, the symbol of a once-firmly-established order⟳.”

“At present⟳ the debt for this grows each week by 200 mn hrivni, and it now stands at an overall sum of 4 bn.”

“The Ukraine issued a 1999 5-hrivni coin depicting the nativity on the reverse and angels on the obverse.”

“UKRAINE 1998, 2 Hrivni”

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