The Launching Ceremony of the commemorative coin “Borys Hrinchenko” took place at the capital’s Borys Hrinchenko museum. Ms Viktoriia Suzanska, Deputy Head of the Office for Numismatic Products and Marketing of the National Bank of Ukraine, Mr Viktor Ohnev'yuk, President of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, and Ms Nataliia Fandikova, coin designer, participated in this event.

Ms Viktoriia Suzanska, Deputy Head of the Office for Numismatic Products and Marketing, said that given Borys Hrinchenko's stature in Ukrainian culture, the National Bank of Ukraine had struck the coin devoted to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Enlightener of the Ukrainian people. She also noted that “the significant contribution made by Borys Hrinchenko to the development of Ukrainian creative writing, pedagogy, lexicography, study of literature, ethnography, history, opinion journalism, social and political activities of those days cannot be overestimated”.

“The issue related to the preservation of the spiritual values of the Ukrainian nation raised by Borys Hrinchenko a century ago remains relevant today. By issuing this commemorative coin, the National Bank of Ukraine pays tribute to the memory of Borys Hrinchenko, who was a fervent advocate of Ukrainian language and culture, and attempts to uphold the tradition of according respect to our native language and culture,” emphasized Ms Viktoriia Suzanska.