Soviet Union

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Eurasian Country (1922-1991)

Location: Eastern Europe, Siberia, Central Asia, Caucasus

Capital City: Moscow

Government type: Communist Republic

Main languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Georgian, Kazakh

Main religions: Orthodox Christianity, Atheism, Sunni Islam

Chronology

1922: Soviet Union formed by merger of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Transcaucasia

1990-1991: Member republics declare independence

1991: Formally dissolved

Currency

First Ruble (1922-1923)

1 Ruble = 100 Kopeks

Second Ruble (1923-1924)

1 Ruble = 100 Kopeks

Third Ruble (1924-1947)

1 Ruble = 100 Kopeks

Fourth Ruble (1947-1960)

1 Ruble = 100 Kopeks

Fifth Ruble (1961-1991)

1 Ruble = 100 Kopeks

Coins from the Soviet Union in the collection

•1 Kopek, 1936 (aluminum bronze, Y#98)

•5 Kopek, 1930 (aluminum bronze, Y#94)

•5 Kopek, 1940 (aluminum bronze, Y#108)

•10 Kopek, 1927 (silver (.500), Y#186)

•15 Kopek, 1946 (cupronickel, Y#110)

•20 Kopek, 1925 (silver (.500), Y#88)

•20 Kopek, 1932 (cupronickel, Y#97)

•20 Kopek, 1933 (cupronickel, Y#97)

•3 Kopek, 1956 (aluminum bronze, Y#114)

•1 Kopek, 1963 (manganese brass, Y#126a)

•1 Kopek, 1965 (manganese brass, Y#126a)

•1 Kopek, 1967 (manganese brass, Y#126a)

•1 Kopek, 1977 (manganese brass, Y#126a)

•1 Kopek, 1980 (manganese brass, Y#126a)

•1 Kopek, 1991 (manganese brass, Y#126a)

•2 Kopek, 1962 (manganese brass, Y#127a)

•2 Kopek, 1963 (manganese brass, Y#127a)

•3 Kopek, 1979 (manganese brass, Y#128a)

•3 Kopek, 1989 (manganese brass, Y#128a)

•5 Kopek, 1962 (manganese brass, Y#129a)

•10 Kopek, 1970 (nickel brass, Y#130)

•10 Kopek, 1979 (nickel brass, Y#130)

•10 Kopek, 1991 (copper-plated steel, Moscow mint, Y#296)

•15 Kopek, 1967 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#137) Commemorative: 50th Anniversary of Bolshevik rule

•15 Kopek, 1981 (nickel brass, Y#131)

•15 Kopek, 1982 (nickel brass, Y#131)

•15 Kopek, 1985 (nickel brass, Y#131)

•15 Kopek, 1991 (nickel brass, Y#131)

•20 Kopek, 1962 (nickel brass, Y#132)

•20 Kopek, 1967 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#138) Commemorative: 50th Anniversary of Bolshevik rule

•20 Kopek, 1979 (nickel brass, Y#132)

•20 Kopek, 1981 (nickel brass, Y#132)

•20 Kopek, 1989 (nickel brass, Y#132)

•50 Kopek, 1967 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#139) Commemorative: 50th Anniversary of Bolshevik rule

•50 Kopek, 1991 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#292)

•1 Ruble, 1964 (nickel brass, Y#134)

•1 Ruble, 1965 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#135) Commemorative: 20th Anniversary of the end of WWII

•1 Ruble, 1967 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#140) Commemorative: 50th Anniversary of Bolshevik rule

•1 Ruble, 1970 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#141) Commemorative: 100th Birthday of Vladimir Lenin

•1 Ruble, 1977 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#144) Commemorative: 1980 Olympics, Moscow (Emblem)

•1 Ruble, 1978 (nickel brass, Leningrad mint, Y#153.2 Commemorative: 1980 Olympics, Moscow (Moscow Kremlin)

•1 Ruble, 1979 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#164) Commemorative: 1980 Olympics, Moscow (Moscow University)

•1 Ruble, 1981 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#188.1) Commemorative: 20th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's Spaceflight

•1 Ruble, 1985 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#198.1) Commemorative: 40th Anniversary of the end of WWII

•1 Ruble, 1988 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#216) 160th Birthday of Leo Tolstoy

•1 Ruble, 1989 (cupronickel, Moscow mint, Y#235) Commemorative: 175th Birthday of Taras Shevchenko

•1 Ruble, 1991 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#293)

•5 Ruble, 1989 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#229) Commemorative: Samarkand

•5 Ruble, 1990 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#241) Commemorative: Peterhof Palace

•5 Ruble, 1991 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#273) Commemorative: David Sasunski Monument, Yerevan

•5 Ruble, 1991 (brass center in cupronickel ring, Leningrad mint, Y#280) Commemorative: Red Data Book (Blakiston's Fish Owl)

•5 Ruble, 1991 (brass center in cupronickel ring, Leningrad mint, Y#281) Commemorative: Red Data Book (Markhor)

•5 Ruble, 1991 (cupronickel, Leningrad mint, Y#294)

•10 Ruble, 1991 (aluminim bronze center in cupronickel ring, Leningrad mint, Y#295)

Banknotes from the Soviet Union in the collection

•1 Ruble, 1938 (P#213)

•50 Ruble, 1937 (P#204)

•1 Ruble, 1991 (P#237)

•5 Ruble, 1961 (P#224)

•10 Ruble, 1991 (P#240)

•25 Ruble, 1961 (P#234)