Ruble

100 Russian rubles issued in 2013, printed to commemorate the Olympic Games in Sochi-2014

The ruble or rouble is (or was) a currency unit of some countries in Eastern Europe. Originally, the ruble was the currency unit of Imperial Russia and then the Soviet Union (as the Soviet ruble).

It is currently the currency unit of Russia (as the Russian ruble and Byelorussia (as the Byelorussian ruble). The Russian ruble is also used in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

In the past, several other countries influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union had currency units that were also named rubles. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, and 100 rubles make a palochka.

5000 Russian rubles issued in 2006

Ruble Media

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  5,000 Russian rubles of the 2023 series, the highest available nominal in circulation

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  500 Belarusian rubles of the 2009 series, the highest available nominal in circulation

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  Russian rubles – banknotes of 1,000 and 5,000 rubles.

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  Five hundred ruble note featuring Peter the Great and a personification of Mother Russia, 1912

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  1898 Russian Empire one ruble note, obverse, stating its gold equivalence 17.424 dolya or 0.77424 gram.

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  Catherine II Sestroretsk ruble (1771) is made of solid copper with a diameter of and a thickness of with a weight of 1.022 kg (2.25 lb). It is the largest copper coin ever issued (except for the Swedish plate money). It is 1mm larger and thicker than a standard hockey puck.

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  25 Assignation rubles of 1769

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  1898 Russian Empire one ruble banknote, reverse