Soviet ruble

The ruble or rouble was the currency of the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. It was introduced in 1922 and replaced the <a href="/facts/Russian_ruble/mzupvnyt">Imperial Russian ruble</a>. One ruble was divided into 100 <a href="/facts/Kopeck/QQaQfLN7">kopecks</a> (копейка, pl. копейки – kopeyka, kopeyki). Soviet banknotes and coins were produced by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise (or <a href="/facts/Goznak/gcbvI1eH">Goznak</a>) in <a href="/facts/Moscow/AcFYpQUR">Moscow</a> and <a href="/facts/Leningrad/pNuCBxaM">Leningrad</a>.
In addition to regular cash rubles, other types of rubles were also issued, such as several forms of convertible ruble, transferable ruble, clearing ruble, Vneshtorgbank cheque, etc.; also, several forms of virtual rubles (called "cashless ruble", безналичный рубль) were used for inter-enterprise accounting and international settlement in the <a href="/facts/Comecon/UbuffFhf">Comecon</a> zone.
In 1991, after the <a href="/facts/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union/Fyn5jw3n">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>, the Soviet ruble was replaced by the first <a href="/facts/Russian_ruble/mzupvnyt">Russian ruble</a> by 1993, and continued to be used in eleven <a href="/facts/Post-Soviet_states/usrFwWTU">post-Soviet states</a>, forming a "ruble zone" until 1993.

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Soviet ruble