History of Russian money in banknotes (89 photos)
Collection of banknotes from royal to modern times.
1889, 1 ruble banknote
1898, 1 ruble
1898, 50 ruble banknote
1898, 50 ruble banknote
1905 3 ruble banknote
1905, 3 ruble banknote
1909, the famous “royal” money with an eagle on the front side - 5 rubles
1909, 10 rubles
1909, 25 rubles
1909, 25 rubles
1910 in denominations of 500 rubles
1915, 3 kopecks
A turning point year, the 1st World War makes itself felt by the disappearance of copper coins from circulation, which were replaced by paper stamps with different denominations in kopecks
1915, 3 kopecks
1915, 10 kopecks in paper “stamps”
10 kopecks
1915, 15 kopecks, still in the same stamps
15 kopecks
1915, 20 kopecks
20 kopecks
1915, “large bill” of 50 kopecks
50 kopecks
1 ruble 1919
The menacing February “hostile whirlwinds” of 1917 ceased, natural market relations finally returned to treasury notes.
1 ruble 1919
1000 rubles 1919
1000 rubles
1921, 50,000 rubles
The development of the NEP policy and the prolonged civil war led to inflation and, accordingly, to an increase in the denomination of banknotes
1921, 50,000 rubles
1921, 100,000 rubles (one hundred thousand!!!)
100,000 rubles
1932, three chervonets
In 1932, the financial situation began to stabilize, and these banknotes appeared in denominations of 3 chervonets (that is, 30 rubles)
Three chervonets
1938, 1 ruble
The country's defense capability comes first, which is reflected in the artistic design of the banknotes
1 ruble
1938, 3 rubles
3 rubles
1938, 5 rubles
1947, 1 ruble banknote
The Great Patriotic War ended and the country, rising from ruins and ashes, abolished ration cards in 1947 and reintroduced monetary circulation
1947, 3 rubles
1 ruble 1961
So the reform of 1961 came, and for many of us, Soviet money was remembered just like that
3 rubles
They are a nice “green” piece of paper
5 rubles
10 rubles, a nice red piece of paper with dear Ilyich!
25 rubles (an excellent dinner in a restaurant and a taxi would be enough!)
Almost many people have a monthly salary of 50 rubles
100 rubles
Well, whoever received such a bill at the end of the month, signing the statement, was not called anything less than by his first name and patronymic
1991, 1 ruble
The USSR collapsed, and those old pieces of paper were an eyesore for the democrats, they were afraid to completely demolish Lenin, but the fact that there was no longer a Union became clear
3 rubles
5 rubles
10 rubles, strange colors with all the colors of the rainbow
50 rubles
100 rubles
200 rubles
And here it is - a transitional bill, which has never existed in the history of either Tsarist Russia or Soviet times
And finally 1000 rubles
Buyer Coupons
I will also not ignore some coupons and securities issued by individual enterprises to guarantee payments to their employees
JSC Meleuzovsky Food Processing Plant coupons for a nominal amount of 50 rubles
1 ruble, 3 ruble and 5 ruble
Following the 1991 banknotes, the 1992 banknotes immediately came out
Here the bill started at 50 rubles
1992, 200 rubles
500 rubles
1000 rubles
Unprecedented money! 5000 rubles in one bill
And an incredible amount of 10,000 rubles
100 rubles of new Russia, 1993
The shots of the coup died down and new money was born
200 rubles
500 rubles
1000 rubles
5000 rubles
10,000 rubles
And finally, as much as 50,000 rubles in one bill
1995, 1000 rubles
In 1995, the situation stabilized even more, which led to another new banknote design
5000 rubles
10,000 rubles
50,000 rubles
100,000 rubles
500,000 rubles
1997, 5 rubles
In 1997, the zeros were officially “cut off” from these bills, and the 1000 ruble bill of 1995 went into oblivion.
10 rubles
50 rubles
100 rubles
And a new 1000 ruble bill appeared
1998, 5 rubles
Few people know that our “today’s” money officially appeared on January 1, 1998
10 rubles
50 rubles
100 rubles
500 rubles
1000 rubles
And the beloved 5,000 ruble piece of paper
Oh, what a nice piece of paper!
