Soviet ruble

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The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.


Statements (57)
Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
former currency
category Currencies of former states
Economy of the Soviet Union
centralBank Gosbank
convertibility non-convertible for most of its history
country Soviet Union
currencyOf Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
denominationStructure banknotes
coins
economicSystem planned economy
endTime 1991
hasDenomination 1 kopeck coin
1 ruble coin
10 kopeck coin
10 ruble banknote
100 ruble banknote
15 kopeck coin
1961 series banknotes
2 kopeck coin
20 kopeck coin
25 ruble banknote
3 kopeck coin
3 ruble banknote
5 kopeck coin
5 ruble banknote
50 kopeck coin
50 ruble banknote
inflationCharacteristic subject to chronic shortages and price controls
ISO4217Code SUR
languageOfText Russian
legalTenderIn Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
monetaryAuthority State Bank of the USSR
nativeLabel советский рубль
notableEvent 1961 monetary reform of the USSR
post-1991 transitional use in some former Soviet republics
officialName Soviet ruble
peggedTo US dollar (official rates, various periods)
gold (various periods)
replaced Russian ruble (Empire)
replacedBy Belarusian ruble
Kazakhstani tenge
Russian ruble
Ukrainian karbovanets
startTime 1922
subunit kopeck
subunitToUnit 100
symbol руб.
usedFor accounting in state enterprises
retail transactions in the USSR
wages in the USSR
usedIn Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet planned economy
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
other Soviet republics


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