1 ruble — USSR (1990) — Marshal Zhukov

Special facts

A 1990 rouble in honour of Marshal Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974), Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief, who accepted Germany's surrender in May 1945. Zhukov was four times Hero of the Soviet Union; he commanded at Khalkhin Gol, in the Battle of Moscow and at the taking of Berlin, and on 24 June 1945 he reviewed the Victory Parade.

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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• 1988
• 5 rubles (1988) — Millennium of Russia Y# 218
• 5 rubles (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral Y# 219
• 1989
• 1 ruble (1989) — Modest Mussorgsky Y# 220
• 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
• 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

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