1 ruble — USSR (1991) — Sergei Prokofiev

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Special facts

A 1991 rouble for the centenary of the composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953). Prokofiev wrote the ballet “Romeo and Juliet”, the opera “War and Peace” and the tale “Peter and the Wolf”; he was born at Sontsovka in the Donbas and died on the same day as Stalin, 5 March 1953. His music for the film “Alexander Nevsky” is still well known; the rouble’s mintage was about 2 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: 1991

Other items of the period

• 1989
• 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
• 5 rubles (1989) — Samarkand Y# 229
• 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
• 5 rubles (1991) — State Bank Y# 272
• 5 rubles (1991) — David Sasunski Monument Y# 273