Russian ruble
The Russian ruble or rouble (Russian: рубль rublʹ, plural: рубли́ rubli; sign: ₽, руб; code: RUB) is the currency of Russia. It is also used in two partially recognized countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It is also used in the unrecognised republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. One ruble is subdivided into 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка kopeyka, plural: копе́йки kopeyki).
The ruble was the currency of the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union (as the Soviet ruble). Only three countries, Russia, Belarus and Transnistria use currencies known as ruble. The ruble was the world's first decimal currency: it was decimalised in 1704 when the ruble became equal to 100 kopeks.[1]
In 1992 the Soviet ruble (code: SUR) was replaced with the Russian ruble (code: RUR) at the rate 1 SUR = 1 RUR. In 1998, while Russia was suffering from a second economic crisis, the Russian ruble was redenominated with the new code "RUB" and was exchanged at the rate of 1 RUB = 1,000 RUR.
Russian Ruble Media
Five hundred ruble note featuring Peter the Great and a personification of Mother Russia, 1912
1898 Russian Empire one ruble note, obverse, stating its gold equivalence 17.424 dolya or 0.77424 gram.
Catherine II Sestroretsk ruble (1771) is made of solid copper with a diameter of 77 millimetres (3+3⁄100 in) and a thickness of 26 millimetres (1+1⁄50 in) 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.
25 Assignation rubles of 1769
1898 Russian Empire one ruble banknote, reverse
The official ruble sign according to the Bank of Russia. See this webpage of the Bank of Russia (Internet Archive).
The digital ruble logo since 2023
1 копейка образца 1997
References
- ↑ The history of Russian ruble and kopeck Archived 19 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine at the law-theory.ru (in Russian)