1 Region (Lugansk) 2008 front 1 Region (Lugansk) 2008 back
1 Region (Lugansk) 2008 photo
© Rojomano

1 Region Lugansk

2008 year
Bronze 14.9 g 31 mm
Description
Location
Ukraine
Type
› Tokens
Year
2008
Value
1 Region
Composition
Bronze
Weight
14.9 g
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
3.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#97872
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

1 in map of Lugansk.

Lettering:
IN HONOUR OF THE 50 ANNIVERSARY OF CREATION
LUGANSK
1 REGION

Edge

Plain

Comment

This coin from the Lugansk region (also known as Luhansk) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the creation of the greater Donbass region (or Donbasskiy Kray). The Donbass region combines three oblasts (provinces or regions) in the east of Ukraine: easternmost part of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, northern and central part of Donetsk Oblast and southern part of Lugansk Oblast.
Donbass is economically, historically and culturally regarded as a supranational region, as it also consists of a part of neighbouring Rostov Oblast in Russia, although this conceptual extension of the region to include the Russian section of it has been somehow abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Many inhabitants of Donbass have a strong attachment to the region and see themselves first and foremost as Donbassers.