Belarusian ruble

E6795

The Belarusian ruble is the official currency of Belarus, introduced after the country gained independence from the Soviet Union.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
national currency
centralBank National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
continentOfUse Europe
country Belarus
currentISOCodeEffectiveFrom 2016
currentSeriesIntroduced 2016
denominationType banknotes
coins
firstPostSovietIssue early 1990s
hasBanknotesIssuedBy National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
hasCoinsIssuedBy National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
hasInflationHistory periods of high inflation in the 1990s
introducedAfter dissolution of the Soviet Union
introducedFollowing independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union
ISO4217Code BYN
languageOfInscription Belarusian
Russian
legalStatus legal tender
legalTenderIn Belarus
monetaryAuthority National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
monetarySystem decimal
monetaryUnitOf Belarusian economy
officialCurrencyOf Belarus
peggedStatus freely floating with managed elements
previousISOCode BYR
redenomination 1 BYN = 10,000 BYR
redenominationDate 1 July 2016
region Eastern Europe
replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
subunit kapeyka
subunitRatio 1 Belarusian ruble = 100 kapeykas
symbol Br
руб.
usedBy residents of Belarus
usedFor domestic payments in Belarus
pricing of goods and services in Belarus
tax payments in Belarus
usedIn Minsk
all regions of Belarus


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