1 ruble — Russian Federation (1993) — Vladimir Mayakovsky
The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.V. Mayakovsky

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.A. Kolodkin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: V.M. Kharlamov

Special facts

A 1993 rouble from the "Outstanding Personalities of Russia" series for the centenary of Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), the poet and one of the leading voices of Russian Futurism. Mayakovsky was born in the Georgian village of Baghdati, and his 1915 poem “A Cloud in Trousers” is a peak of the Russian avant-garde; a square and a metro station in Moscow bear his name.

About the period

The coins and banknotes of the Bank of Russia of 1992–1996 were the first money of the Russian Federation. They were issued in years of high inflation: denominations grew fast, and the metal of the coins got cheaper. More about the period “Bank of Russia”, 1992 — 1996

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1993

Other items of the period

• 1992
• 1 ruble (1992) — Nikolai Lobachevsky Y# 321
• 3 rubles (1992) — International Space Year Y# 297
• 3 rubles (1992) — Battle of Chudskoye Lake Y# 298
• 3 rubles (1992) — North Convoy Y# 304
• 3 rubles (1992) — Victory of the Russian Democratic Forces Y# 317
• 5 rubles (1992) — The Mausoleum-Mosque of Akhmed Yasavi Y# 322
• 10 rubles (1992) — Red-Breasted Goose Y# 307
• 10 rubles (1992) — Siberian Tiger Y# 308
• 10 rubles (1992) — Central Asian Cobra Y# 309
• 1993
• 1 ruble (1993) — Vladimir Vernadsky Y# 319
• 1 ruble (1993) — Gavrila Derzhavin Y# 325
• 1 ruble (1993) — Kliment Timiryazev Y# 326
• 1 ruble (1993) — Vladimir Mayakovsky Y# 327
• 1 ruble (1993) — Alexander Borodin Y# 347
• 1 ruble (1993) — Ivan Turgenev Y# 348
• 3 rubles (1993) — Battle of Stalingrad Y# 318
• 3 rubles (1993) — Victory on the Kursk Bulge Y# 328
• 3 rubles (1993) — Liberation of Kiev Y# 340
• 5 rubles (1993) — Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra Y# 324
• 5 rubles (1993) — Merv Y# 339
• 50 rubles (1993) — Himalayan Bear Y# 330
• 50 rubles (1993) — Turkmen Eyelid Gecko Y# 331
• 50 rubles (1993) — Caucasian Grouse Y# 332
• 50 rubles (1993) — Oriental Stork Y# 333
• 50 rubles (1993) — Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin Y# 334

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