PU029 Pin Ukraine Kharkiv

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Pin made in Ukraine. The text on the the pin reads:”Kharkiv”. Kharkiv is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. It has a population of 1,421,125 (2022 est.).
During World War II, Kharkiv was the focus of major battles. The city was captured by Nazi Germany on 24 October 1941. A disastrous Red Army offensive failed to recover the city in May 1942. It was retaken (Operation Star) on 16 February 1943, but lost again to the Germans on 15 March 1943. 23 August 1943 saw a final liberation.
On the eve of the occupation, Kharkiv’s prewar population of 700,000 had been doubled by the influx of refugees. What remained of the pre-war Jewish population of 130,000, were slated by the Germans for “special treatment”: between December 1941 and January 1942, they killed and buried an estimated 15,000 Jews in a ravine outside of town named Drobytsky Yar. Over their 22 months occupation they executed a further 30,000 residents, among them suspected Soviet partisans and, after a brief period of toleration, Ukrainian nationalists. 80,000 people died of hunger, cold and disease. 60,000 were forcibly transported to Germany as slave workers (Ostarbeiter).

Coat of Arms Kharkiv

Location of Kharkiv

PU028 Pin Ukraine Bakhmut 1971

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Year: 1971
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Pin made in Ukraine, 1971. The text on the the pin reads:”400 year Bakhmut”. Bakhmut, formerly known as Artemivsk, from 1924 to 2016, is a city in eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast. Bakhmut was designated a city of regional significance until 2020 when the designation was abolished. Population: 71,094 (2022 est.). During the Second World War, German troops occupied Artemivsk from 31 October 1941 to 5 September 1943. Nikolai Mikhailovich Zhorov was the secretary of the underground City Party Committee during occupation from 1941. In early 1942, German Einsatzgruppe C took some 3,000 Jews from Artemivsk to a mine shaft two kilometres outside of town and shot into the crowd, killing several people and driving the rest into a tunnel. The soldiers then bricked up the entrance to the tunnel, suffocating the thousands of people trapped inside.

Coat of Arms Bakhmut

Location of Bakhmut

PU027 Pin Ukraine Kiev

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Pin made in Ukraine. The text on bottom of the the pin reads:”Kiev”.

PU026 Pin Ukraine Vovchansk

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Pin made in Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Vovchansk”. Vovchansk is a Ukrainian city in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast (province). It hosts the administration of Vovchansk hromada (urban settlement), one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 17,459 (2022 est.).

Coat of Arms Vovchansk

Location Of Vovchansk

PU025 Pin Ukraine Krasnokutsk

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Pin made in Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Krasnokutsk”. Krasnokutsk is an urban-type settlement in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Pin Ukraine PU024 Iziaslav

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Iziaslav”. Iziaslav is one of the oldest cities in Volhynia. Situated on the Horyn river in western Ukraine, the city dates back to the 11th century. Population: 16,162 (2021 est.).
At the beginning of World War II, the town had an important Jewish population representing 28% of the inhabitants. As soon as the Germans occupied the town, Jews were kept imprisoned in a ghetto and were later murdered in mass executions perpetrated by Einsatzgruppen.

Coat of Arms Iziaslav

Location of Iziaslav

Pin Ukraine PU023 Bilovodsk

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Bilovodsk”. Bilovodsk is an urban-type settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in the east of Ukraine on the banks of the Derkul, a tributary of the Donets with the estimated population of 7,771 (2021 est.).

Coat of Arms Bilovodsk

Location of Bilovodsk

Pin Ukraine PU022 Izium

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Izium”. Izium is a city situated on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. Population: 45,884 (2021). During World War II, the Red Army held a large bridgehead here, allowing for a salient that was cut off by counterattacking German forces (during the Second Battle of Kharkov) and eliminated in one of the most expensive learning errors for the Red Army. Izium was occupied by the German Army from 24 June 1942 to 5 February 1943.

Coat of Arms Izium

Location of Izium

Pin Ukraine PU021 Chuhuiv

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Chuhuiv”. Chuhuiv is a Ukrainian city in Kharkiv Oblast. The city is the administrative center of Chuhuiv Raion (district).
The City’s founding date is disputed with historical assertions ranging from 1540 to 1627. Some academics believe that the city was built upon the orders Russia’s first Tsar Ivan the Terrible who reigned from 1547 to 1584.
A military fort was built adjacent to the city in 1638 by Ukrainian Cossacks of Yakiv Ostryanyn (see Ostryanyn uprising) on the order of Muscovite Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. A military presence of some form near Chuhuiv has remained ever since
Generally, the city has been an important military point since Cossack times. There was a Soviet Red Army Artillery School (a military academy) in Chuhuiv before World War II.

Coat of Arms Chuhuiv

Location of Chuhuiv

Pin Ukraine PU020 Slovianoserbsk

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Slovianoserbsk”. Slovianoserbsk is an urban-type settlement in Luhansk Oblast (region) of south-eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Slovianoserbsk Raion (district). Its population is 7,690 (2021).
From 1753 to 1764, Slovianoserbsk was the capital of Russian territory Slavo-Serbia as Podgornoie In 1764 Slavo-Serbia was transformed into the Donets county and in 1784 the city was renamed into Donetskoie. In 1817 both county and its county seat were changed to Slavianoserbsk. Soon after the Ukrainian independence of 1918, Ukrainian form of Slovianoserbsk was adopted as well.

Coat of Arms Slovianoserbsk

Pin Ukraine PU019 Kirovograd

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Kirovograd” now known as Kropyvnytskyi. Kropyvnytskyi is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river. It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Population: 222,695 (2021).
During the Russian Civil War, the city witnessed intense fighting. On 7 May 1919, paramilitary leader, and former divisional general in the Red Army, Nikifor Grigoriev, launched an anti-Bolshevik uprising. On 8 May 1919, he issued a proclamation “To the Ukrainian People”, in which he called upon the Ukrainian people to rise against the “Communist imposters”, singling out the “Jewish commissars” and the Cheka. In only a few weeks, Grigoriev’s troops perpetrated 148 pogroms, the deadliest of which resulted in the massacre of upwards of 1,000 Jewish people in Yelisavetgrad, from 15 to 17 May 1919. In total, about 3,000 Jews died in the city.
The Soviet Red Army eventually reconquered the city in 1920. In World War II Kropyvnytskyi was occupied by Nazi Germany from 5 August 1941. It was subsequently recaptured by Soviet forces on 8 January 1944.

Coat of Arms Kirovograd

Location of Kirovograd

Pin Ukraine PU018 Sosnytsia

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”Sosnytsia”. Sosnytsia is an urban-type settlement in Koriukivka Raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast (province) in north-central Ukraine. Population: 6,708 (2021 est.). The area was most likely named as such because the plentiful pine forests which have populated the area for ages. The name was first recorded in the Hypatian Codex, where a chronicle from the year 1234 mentions that Danylo of Halych, while assisting the Kievan Grand Princes in their battle with Michael of Chernigov, had liberated several towns, including Sosnytsia.

Coat of Arms Sosnytsia

Location of Sosnytsia

Pin Ukraine PU017 City Heroes Kiev

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Pin made in the Ukraine. The text on the pin reads:”City Heroes Of Kiev”.

Pin Ukraine PU016 Krivbass Mines

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This pin is about the Krivbass Ore Mines in Ukraine. Till this date it is the largest ore deposit in Europe.

Pin Ukraine PU015 City Of Kryvyi Rih 1975

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Pin about the Ukraine city of Kryvyi Rih to commemorate 200 years of existence and is made in 1975.  The back of the medal says:”From Post Station To Industrial City”.
Kryvyi Rih is a city in the Ukraine is located near iron ore and uranium industry.
Kryvyi Rih was founded in the 17th. century by Cossacks as a post station, a post were exhausted horses good be swapped for fresh ones. The settlesment was first mentioned in 1775. The name of the city means “Curved Horn” because of the shape of a nearby lake.
In WWII the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht and was severely damaged in battle. After the war they rebuilt the city.

Coat of Arms Kryvyi Rih

Location of Kryvyi Rih

Pin Ukraine PU014 Skating Championship 1974

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Pin from Ukraine about the skating championship in Sweden 1974.

Pin Ukraine PU013 Friendship Kryvy Rih-Mansfeld DDR

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Friendship pin between the DDR city of Mansfeld and the Ukrainian city of Kryvy Rih.

Pin Ukraine PU012 Friendship Kryvy Rih-Mansfeld DDR

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Friendship pin between the DDR city of Mansfeld and the Ukrainian city of Kryvy Rih.

Pin Ukraine PU011 Krivorozhstal 1984

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This pin says:”Krivorozhstal” and is for commemorating 50 years existence of the factory.
The facory of Krivorozhstal is located in the Kryvyi Rih area in the Urkaine wich is very rich in iron ore.
The build of the factory was completed in 1935. Bought in 2005 by Mittal Steel, the company is one of the most important businesses in Ukraine and a globally important steel producer. It is the largest steel manufacturer in Ukraine and largest manufacturer of both reinforcing bar and wire rod in the former Soviet Union. The company also produces processed iron ore concentrates for both own use and market.
In 2004, Kryvorizhstal produced over 7 million tonnes of crude steel, and mined over 17 million tonnes of iron ore. As of 2005, the company employed about 57,000 people, which was reduced to 37,000 by 2011.

Pin Ukraine PU010

(1.5.19)

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Pin from the Ukraine. It’s meaning is yet unknown.

Pin Ukraine PU009 Krasnodon

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This pin is about the city of Krasnodon in the Ukraine. Shown on the pin is the monument “Heroes Of The Young Guard”.
Krasnodon was established in 1914 as the settlement of Sorokino. It soon became one of the centers of the coal mining industry of the Donbass region. By the Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, on 28 October 1938 it was renamed to Krasnodon. The population of Krasnodol is about 44.000 (2019).
In 2016 the city was renamed Sorokyne as part of decommunization in Ukraine.
The Young Guard was an underground anti-fascist Komsomol organization. They were active during World War II, until January 1943.
They carried out several acts of sabotage and protest before being destroyed by German forces. Most members of the Young Guard, about 80 people, were tortured and then executed by the Germans.
The Germans knew about the existence of the underground and tried to discover its membership. Finally they succeeded in this, helped by treachery within the organization.  Just 11 members managed to evade their pursuers.
All the arrested people were tortured. 71 of them, many of them still alive, were thrown into the 53 meter deep pit of Coal Mine Number 5 and some were shot. Just five days later, on 14 February 1943 Krasnodon was liberated by the Red Army.
After the war they recieved many tributes. Surviving members were highly decorated with medals, a book and film were made and many towns, settlements, streets of Soviet cities were also named after the organization and its members.
Even in St. Petersburg (former Leningrad) a monument was placed for the Young Guard.
What a story.

Ivan Turkenich leader of the Young Guard.

The Young Guard monument in Krasnodon nowadays.

Location of krasnodon in the Ukraine.

Coat of Arms of Krasnodon.

Pin Ukraine PU008 Kryvyi Rih

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This pin is about the city of Kryvyi Rih located in the Ukraine. The top of the pin says:”Curved/crooked horn”. The initials FF is unknown. Could be a factory.
Kryvyi Rih is a city in the Ukraine is located near iron ore and uranium industry.
The city was founded in the 17th. century by Cossacks. The name of the city means “Curved Horn” because of the shape of a nearby lake.
In WWII the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht and was severely damaged in battle. After the war they rebuilt the city.

Location of Kryvyi Rih in the Ukraine.

Coat of Arms of Kryvyi Rih.

Pin Ukraine PU007 Kryvorozhskiy District Ukraine

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This Ukraine pin is about the Kryvorozhskiy district. Wich is a part of Kryvyi Rih district.

Location of the Kryvyi Rih district.

The flag of Kryvyi Rih district.

Pin Ukraine PU006 Kryvyi Rih

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This pin is about the city of Kryvyi Rih located in the Ukraine. The top of the pin says:”Curved/crooked horn”. The initials FF  is unknown. Could be a factory.
Kryvyi Rih is a city in the Ukraine is located near iron ore and uranium industry.
The city was founded in the 17th. century by Cossacks. The name of the city means “Curved Horn” because of the shape of a nearby lake.
In WWII the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht and was severely damaged in battle. After the war they rebuilt the city.

Location of Kryvyi Rih in the Ukraine.

Coat of Arms of Kryvyi Rih.

Pin Ukraine PU005 Friendship Kryvyi-Mansfeld

(1.5.19)

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Ukraine pin about the friendship between the city of Kryvyi in the Ukraine and the city of Mansfeld in the DDR.

Pin Unkraine PU004 Dzerzhinsky Mine

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Not much info about this pin but it has got something to do with the Dzerzhinsky Mine in the Ukraine.

Pin Ukraine PU003 Kryvyi Rih

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On the left it says: “Day Of The City” and on the left it says: “Kryvyi Rih”. This pin is from 1988. Kryvyi Rih is a city in the Ukraine is located near iron ore and uranium industry.
The city was founded in the 17th. century by Cossacks. The name of the city means “Curved Horn” because of the shape of a nearby lake.
In WWII the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht and was severely damaged in battle. After the war they rebuilt the city.

Location of Kryvyi Rih in the Ukraine.

Coat of Arms Kryvyi Rih.

Pin Urkaine PU002 Canon Monument Kiev

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This is a pin of a monument wich is located in Kiev. The capital of the Ukraine.

Pins Ukraine PU001 Krivbass Mines

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This badge is about the Krivbass Ore Mines in Ukraine. Till this date it is the largest ore deposit in Europe.

A part of the Krivbass mines.