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Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ruble remained the currency of the Russian Federation until 1992. A new set of coins was issued in 1992 and a new set of banknotes was issued in the name of Bank of Russia in 1993. The currency replaced the Soviet ruble at par and was assigned the ISO 4217 code RUR and number 810.
The sudden transformation from a Soviet "non-currency" into a market currency contributed to the economic hardship following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. [ 13 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Exchange rates
Monetary reform of 1991 (known also as Pavlov Reform) was the last such reform in the Soviet Union. The reform retired and confiscated large-denomination bills to attempt to dampen inflation and combat the black market within the Soviet Union. [1] It began on January 22, 1991.
5,000 Russian rubles of the 2023 series, the highest available nominal in circulation 500 Belarusian rubles of the 2009 series, the highest available nominal in circulation. The ruble or rouble (/ ˈ r uː b əl /; Russian: рубль, IPA:) is the currency unit of Russia and Belarus.
Andrey Vavilov, Russia's deputy finance minister between 1994 and 1997, said the Russian Federation held around $105 billion in Soviet-era debt at the end of 1992, with its own debt amounting to ...
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the end of its centrally-planned economy, the Russian Federation succeeded it under president Boris Yeltsin.The Russian government used policies of shock therapy to liberalize the economy as part of the transition to a market economy, causing a sustained economic recession.
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In 1991, an attempted coup in Moscow was put down by the Russian people. This time, Russians seemed largely disengaged. “Incredibly, even Muscovites joked about getting popcorn to follow the ...