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.

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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
linked to: Soviet Union
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
linked to: Soviet Union
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)
linked to: US dollar

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
linked to: Belarus

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Kazakhstan

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Soviet planned economy
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Ukraine

other Soviet republics

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Soviet Union currency Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble officialName Soviet ruble
Ukrainian karbovanets follows Soviet ruble
Ukrainian karbovanets precededBy Soviet ruble
Russian ruble (Empire) replacedBy Soviet ruble
Belarusian ruble replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Kazakhstani tenge replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Russian SFSR currency Soviet ruble
Soviet government currency Soviet ruble
Ukrainian hryvnia precededBy Soviet ruble (in Ukrainian SSR)
linked to: Soviet ruble
RSFSR currency Soviet ruble
Russian ruble historicalPredecessor Soviet ruble
Turkmenistan manat replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Soviet Ukraine currency Soviet ruble
Armenian dram replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Soviet period currency Soviet ruble
Kyrgyzstani som replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Uzbekistani soʻm replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Latvian lats replacedBy Soviet ruble (1940 occupation)
linked to: Soviet ruble
Latvian lats reintroducedAfter Soviet ruble
litas replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Kazakh SSR currency Soviet ruble
transferable ruble distinctFrom Soviet domestic ruble
linked to: Soviet ruble
Azerbaijani manat replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Estonian kroon replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Moldovan leu replacedCurrency Soviet ruble
Georgian maneti replacedBy Soviet ruble
Georgian maneti replacedBy Soviet ruble in Georgia
linked to: Soviet ruble
UAK precededBy Soviet ruble
Gosbank currencyIssued Soviet ruble
Estonian SSR currency Soviet ruble
Latvian SSR currency Soviet ruble
Dagestan ASSR currency Soviet ruble
Transnistrian ruble replacedCurrency Soviet ruble (in Transnistria)
linked to: Soviet ruble
Drohobych Oblast usedCurrency Soviet ruble
UZS replaced Soviet ruble
Chinese Soviet dollar relatedTo Soviet ruble
Tajikistani ruble follows Soviet ruble
Tajikistani ruble precededBy Soviet ruble