The coin represents a continuation of the Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine series and is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yevhen Berezniak, Hero of Ukraine, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, an intelligence officer, and a liberator of the city of Cracow (the Republic of Poland) from the fascist invaders.

“By issuing the commemorative coin in honour of Yevhen Berezniak, the National Bank of Ukraine commemorates the heroic deed performed by Yevhen Berezniak when he was on a special mission in the enemy's rear during the Great Patriotic War (1941 – 1945), ” noted Ms Tamara Loshmanova, adding that Yevhen Berezniak had been the Chief of Intelligence of the First Ukrainian Front,

He was the prototype for the legendary hero from the novel Major Vykhor on which the film of the same name was based.