Evidence coverage: 1993–1993. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Kazakhstan replaced inherited ruble currency with the tenge in November 1993: Decree 1399 establishes payments and deposits in tenge; Decree 1400 orders the outgoing ruble notes exchanged for it. Direct statutory replacement establishes ancestry. Do not generalize a 500:1 ratio to every account from these two decrees, which do not specify that ratio.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
Kazakhstan’s national-bank timeline dates introduction of the tenge into circulation to 15 November 1993.
C483Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Kazakhstan’s national-bank timeline dates introduction of the tenge into circulation to 15 November 1993.
1993 timeline entry, November 15
Ruble-zone currency → tenge, 1993.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V22-029. Direct statutory replacement establishes ancestry. Do not generalize a 500:1 ratio to every account from these two decrees, which do not specify that ratio. Replacement evidence: C1621.
KZT entry, currency history; Bundesbank PDF, 24 September 2025 edition.
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Kazakhstan replaced inherited ruble currency with the tenge in November 1993: Decree 1399 establishes payments and deposits in tenge; Decree 1400 orders the outgoing ruble notes exchanged for it.
Paragraphs 1–3; Paragraph 1
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Paragraphs 1–3; Paragraph 1
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full primary transcription inspected; explicit exchange of USSR/Bank of Russia 1961–1992 ruble notes into tenge, ending 20 November; tender deadlines 15/18 November by denomination.