НАЦІОНАЛЬНА ГРОШОВА ОДИНИЦЯ УКРАЇНИ: ІСТОРИЧНІ АСПЕКТИ РОЗВИТКУ ТА ОСОБЛИВОСТІ НАЙМЕНУВАННЯ

The general conditions of the national currency issuance of Ukraine have been described in the article. The role of money both in the economic sphere, and in the historicalcultural and cognitive sphere has been characterized. The importance of money elements such as design, quality and naming has been substantiated. The historical development of hryvnia as the currency from its inception in Kyivan Rus to its second revival in 1996, and its development features in the modern conditions have been considered. The main hryvnia types such as hryvnia of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Novhorod types have been considered. Their characteristic and comparison have been conducted. The circulation coins in the period of Kyivan Rus (the reign of Volodymyr Velyky, Yaroslav Mudry and Svjatopolk), Kyiv and Seversky principalities, during the Kingdom of Poland, the Great Lithuanian and Rus Principality, the Hungarian Kingdom, the Rzecz Pospolita, the Austrian empire and the Grand Principality of Moscow has been examined. The essence and ruble history, and existing theories of the origin of its name have been investigated. It was found the nature and place of origin, and the origin peculiarities of the coin “kopeck”. The incorrectness in the name of the coin national currency of Ukraine have been pointed out and the ways of its improvement have been offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]