98 years ago, on January 4, Ukraine introduced the hryvnia
98 years ago, on January 4 , Ukraine introduced the hryvnia . January 4, 1919 a law was passed UNR Directory of Ukrainian monetary unit of the national currency and the prohibition of handling Russian , German, Austrian and Romanian currency. March 1, 1918 CR adopted the Law "On the monetary unit , coining of coins and printing of government credit cards ," which the new currency has been introduced - the hryvnia , which was divided into 100 steps and was equal to half of the ruble . Formal completion of the formation of Ukrainian currency structure of the system was held April 18, 1918 , when the Central Rada adopted the Law "On granting the Minister of Finance the right to release the small change marks. Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky came to power in April 1918 , has preserved the system of ratings : 1 UAH = 1/2 of rubles , or 100 steps and continued monetary reform , but a revolution , which