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Kiev to change ‘Russian’ name of coins
Ukraine’s central bank is seeking to replace ‘kopiyka’ with ‘shag’ as part of a major de-Russification campaign The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has proposed renaming the country’s smallest currency unit, the kopiyka, claiming that the current name sounds too similar to the Russian kopek. The move is part of Kiev’s long-running campaign to cut cultural and historical ties with its neighbor. Under the initiative, minor coins would be renamed as ‘shag’ (step), a term used in the Ukrainian language for a Polish-Lithuanian silver coin in the 17th and 18th centuries. If approved by the government, old coins can be ex

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