State Bank of the Russian Empire

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central bank state bank

The State Bank of the Russian Empire was the central banking institution of the Russian Empire, responsible for issuing currency, managing state finances, and regulating the banking system before the Soviet era.

Aliases (4)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central bank → state bank →
appliesToJurisdiction	Russian Empire →
archivesAt	Russian State Historical Archive →
country	Russian Empire →
currencyIssued	Russian ruble →
dissolutionCause	Russian Revolution of 1917 →
dissolved	1917 →
foundedBy	Alexander II of Russia →
hasPart	cash offices → discount offices → provincial branches →
headquartersLocation	Saint Petersburg →
inception	1860 →
industry	banking → central banking →
jurisdiction	Russian Empire →
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian →
legalForm	state institution →
legalStatus	monopoly issuer of banknotes in the Russian Empire →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Saint Petersburg Governorate →
mainFunction	credit to the state → issue of banknotes → management of state finances → regulation of the banking system → supervision of commercial banks →
nativeName	Государственный банк Российской империи →
operatedInPeriod	early 20th century → late 19th century →
ownedBy	Government of the Russian Empire →
parentOrganization	Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire →
precededBy	State Commercial Bank of the Russian Empire →
productOrService	banknotes → deposit accounts for state institutions → discounting of bills → state loans →
regulates	commercial banks in the Russian Empire →
regulatoryScope	foreign exchange operations of the state → note circulation → state credit operations →
replacedBy	Gosbank of the USSR → People's Bank of the Russian Republic →
shortName	Gosbank →
significantEvent	monetary reform of 1897 in the Russian Empire →
subordinateTo	Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
State Bank of the USSR → State Bank of the USSR ("People’s Bank of the Russian Republic") →	predecessor
Russian ruble (Empire) →	monetaryAuthority
State Bank of the Russian Empire ("Государственный банк Российской империи") →	nativeName
State Bank of the Russian Empire ("State Commercial Bank of the Russian Empire") →	precededBy
State Bank of the Russian Empire ("People's Bank of the Russian Republic") →	replacedBy