1 ruble — USSR (1990) — Janis Rainis

Special facts

A 1990 rouble for the 125th anniversary of the Latvian poet Jānis Rainis (1865–1929). Rainis, whose real name was Jānis Pliekšāns, is the national poet of Latvia, author of the play “Fire and Night”; with his wife, the poet Aspazija, he lived for years in exile in Switzerland. His monument stands in Esplanade Park in Riga; the rouble’s mintage was about 2.6 million.

About the period

The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union. More about the period “1961 Monetary Reform”, 1961 — 1991

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1990

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• 1 ruble (1989) — Mikhail Lermontov Y# 228
• 1 ruble (1989) — Hamza Hakim-zade Niyazi Y# 232
• 1 ruble (1989) — Mikhail Eminescu Y# 233
• 1 ruble (1989) — Taras Shevchenko Y# 235
• 3 rubles (1989) — Armenian Earthquake Relief Y# 234
• 5 rubles (1989) — Pokrovsky Cathedral Y# 221
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• 5 rubles (1989) — Cathedral of the Annunciation Y# 230
• 1990
• 1 ruble (1990) — Pyotr Tchaikovsky Y# 236
• 1 ruble (1990) — Marshal Zhukov Y# 237
• 1 ruble (1990) — Anton Chekhov Y# 240
• 1 ruble (1990) — Janis Rainis Y# 257
• 1 ruble (1990) — Francisk Scorina Y# 258
• 1990–1991
• 1 ruble (1990–1991) — Alisher Navoi Y# 260
• 1 ruble (1990–1991) — Pyotr Lebedev Y# 261
• 1990
• 5 rubles (1990) — The Grand Palace in Peterhof Y# 241
• 5 rubles (1990) — Uspenski Cathedral Y# 246
• 5 rubles (1990) — Matenadaran Depository Yerevan Y# 259
• 1991
• 1 ruble (1991) — Sergei Prokofiev Y# 263
• 1 ruble (1991) — Konstantin Ivanov Y# 282
• 1 ruble (1991) — Magtymguly Pyragy Y# 283
• 1 ruble (1991) — Nizami Gyanzhevi Y# 284
• 3 rubles (1991) — Victory in the Battle of Moscow Y# 301
• 5 rubles (1991) — Cathedral of the Archangel Michael Y# 271

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