Russian ruble (Empire)

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currency historical currency

The Russian ruble (Empire) was the currency of the Russian Empire, used from the early modern period until the 1917 revolution and the subsequent establishment of Soviet monetary systems.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Russian ruble	5
Russian ruble (Tsardom of Russia)	1
Russian ruble in former Congress Poland	1
ruble	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	currency ⓘ historical currency ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
denomination	1 kopeck coin ⓘ 1 ruble coin ⓘ 10 kopeck coin ⓘ 10 ruble banknote ⓘ 100 ruble banknote ⓘ 1000 ruble banknote ⓘ 15 kopeck coin ⓘ 2 kopeck coin ⓘ 20 kopeck coin ⓘ 25 kopeck coin ⓘ 25 ruble banknote ⓘ 3 kopeck coin ⓘ 3 ruble banknote ⓘ 5 kopeck coin ⓘ 5 ruble banknote ⓘ 50 kopeck coin ⓘ 50 ruble banknote ⓘ 500 ruble banknote ⓘ
denominationType	banknotes ⓘ coins ⓘ
endUse	1917 ⓘ
endUseEvent	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
goldStandardAdoption	1897 ⓘ
goldStandardSuspension	World War I ⓘ
historicalRegion	Eastern Europe ⓘ North Asia ⓘ surface form: Northern Asia
ISO4217LikeCode	none ⓘ
languageOnCurrency	Russian ⓘ
legalTender	yes ⓘ
majorReform	1839–1843 monetary reform ⓘ 1897 gold standard reform ⓘ
metalContent	gold standard (late 19th–early 20th century) ⓘ silver standard (18th–19th century) ⓘ
monetaryAuthority	Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire ⓘ State Bank of the Russian Empire ⓘ
replacedBy	Soviet ruble ⓘ
replaces	Russian ruble (Empire) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Russian ruble (Tsardom of Russia)
scriptOnCurrency	Cyrillic ⓘ
standard	gold ruble ⓘ silver ruble ⓘ
startUse	early modern period ⓘ
status	obsolete ⓘ
subunit	kopeck ⓘ
subunitRatio	1 ruble = 100 kopecks ⓘ
symbol	руб. ⓘ
usedIn	Congress Poland ⓘ Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Duchy of Moscow → currency → Russian ruble (Empire) ⓘ

this entity surface form: ruble

State Bank of the Russian Empire → currencyIssued → Russian ruble (Empire) ⓘ