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.
Aliases (2)
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
→
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| country |
Soviet Union
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| currencyOf |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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| denominationStructure |
banknotes
→
coins → |
| economicSystem |
planned economy
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| endTime |
1991
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| 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
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| ISO4217Code |
SUR
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|
| languageOfText |
Russian
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| legalTenderIn |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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|
| monetaryAuthority |
State Bank of the USSR
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|
| nativeLabel |
советский рубль
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| notableEvent |
1961 monetary reform of the USSR
→
post-1991 transitional use in some former Soviet republics → |
| officialName |
Soviet ruble
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| peggedTo |
US dollar (official rates, various periods)
→
gold (various periods) → |
| replaced |
Russian ruble (Empire)
→
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| replacedBy |
Belarusian ruble
→
Kazakhstani tenge → Russian ruble → Ukrainian karbovanets → |
| startTime |
1922
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|
| subunit |
kopeck
→
|
| subunitToUnit |
100
→
|
| symbol |
руб.
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|
| 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 → |
Referenced by (21)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
RSFSR
→
Russian SFSR → Soviet Ukraine → Soviet Union → Soviet government → Soviet period → |
currency |
|
Armenian dram
→
Belarusian ruble → Kazakhstani tenge → Kyrgyzstani som → Turkmenistan manat → Uzbekistani soʻm → |
replacedCurrency |
|
Ukrainian hryvnia
("Soviet ruble (in Ukrainian SSR)")
→
Ukrainian karbovanets → |
precededBy |
|
Latvian lats
("Soviet ruble (1940 occupation)")
→
Russian ruble (Empire) → |
replacedBy |
|
State Bank of the USSR
→
|
currencyIssued |
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Ukrainian karbovanets
→
|
follows |
|
Russian ruble
→
|
historicalPredecessor |
|
Soviet ruble
→
|
officialName |
|
Latvian lats
→
|
reintroducedAfter |