Russian ruble — Muscovite, Imperial, Soviet and Russian account continuity
Russian ruble: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- RUB
- Ancestry branch
- Russian ruble
Where this money came from
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The story
The Bank of Russia’s release ends payment use of specified old notes and coins from 1 January 1999 and describes their exchange for 1997-series money at 1, 000:1. [1]
Its stated exchange horizon is historical policy; this dossier does not infer present redemption availability or a new ruble species from the scale change. [2]
The Russian ruble scale changed at 1, 000 old rubles per new ruble. [3]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
Glinskaya’s reform standardized the inherited monetary system; the ruble was an account quantity of 100 kopecks. Efimov traces this system into Peter’s reign. [4]
Account-unit observation
Peter’s reform altered an existing ruble system and expressed inherited account denominations in coins. Surviving accounts distinguish old money accepted, new money issued, and profit. [5]
Account-unit observation
The 1839 manifesto restores the 1810 rule, retains the current silver ruble and subdivisions, and requires public and private accounts on that basis; assignment rubles convert at 3.5 per silver ruble. [6]
Account-unit observation
The July 1993 reform withdrew earlier banknote types, retained Soviet coins and required organizations to credit surrendered cash to existing accounts. This supports treating it as cash replacement within the ruble account continuity. [7]
Old scale cash withdrawal
The Bank of Russia’s release ends payment use of specified old notes and coins from 1 January 1999 and describes their exchange for 1997-series money at 1, 000:1. Its stated exchange horizon is historical policy; this dossier does not infer present redemption availability or a new ruble species from the scale change. [1] [2]
Old cash withdrawal
Specified old-scale Russian cash ceased payment use after the transition year. Withdrawal does not create another currency; historical exchange rights are not current advice. [8]
Sources and evidence
- Bank of Russia · On the procedure for cash exchange by individuals C488 ↗
- Bank of Russia · On the procedure for cash exchange by individuals C489 ↗
- Bank of Russia · History of the Bank of Russia C912 ↗
- Bank of Russia Museum · Первые леди — section 3, Женщина-реформатор; Artem V. Efimov · Peter the Great’s Monetary Reform and Money Supply in Russia in 1698–1711, HSE WP BRP 175/HUM/2019 C1751 ↗
- Artem V. Efimov · Peter the Great’s Monetary Reform and Money Supply in Russia in 1698–1711, HSE WP BRP 175/HUM/2019 C1752 ↗
- Nicholas I; text quoted in A. N. Bayura · Manifesto of 1 July 1839, in Бумажно-денежное обращение на территории Беларуси в XVIII–XX веках; Y. P. Bokarev, A. N. Bokhanov, V. L. Stepanov, Y. A. Petrov, L. A. Katykhova · Русский рубль. Два века истории. XIX–XX вв (1994) C1753 ↗
- Bank of Russia, primary telegram reproduced on Wikisource · Telegram 131-93, 24 July 1993, withdrawal of notes dated 1961–1992 C1494 ↗
- Bank of Russia · On the procedure for cash exchange by individuals C913 ↗
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“Russian ruble — Muscovite, Imperial, Soviet and Russian account continuity.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000349.html