Grivna

For the modern-day currency of Ukraine, see Ukrainian hryvnia. For a Polish unit of weight, see Grzywna (unit).

The grivna (Old East Slavic: гривьна) was a currency as well as a measure of weight used in Kievan Rus' and other states in Eastern Europe from the 11th century.

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