1 ruble — USSR (1986) — International Year of Peace

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Special facts

A 1986 rouble for the International Year of Peace proclaimed by the UN. The UN declared 1986 the Year of Peace for its 40th anniversary, and in October Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan met in Reykjavik to discuss nuclear arms reduction. The rouble was issued in about 4 million. The year’s motto was “Safeguarding Peace and the Future of Humanity”.

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: 1986

Other items of the period

• 1981
• 1 ruble (1981) — Soviet-Bulgarian Friendship Y# 189
• 1982
• 1 ruble (1982) — Soviet Union Y# 190
• 1983
• 1 ruble (1983) — Karl Marx Y# 191
• 1 ruble (1983) — First Woman in Space Y# 192
• 1 ruble (1983) — Ivan Fyodorov Y# 193
• 1983–1985
• 1 ruble (1983–1985) — Friedrich Engels Y# 200
• 1984
• 1 ruble (1984) — Dmitri Mendeleyev Y# 194
• 1 ruble (1984) — Aleksandr Popov Y# 195
• 1984–1985
• 1 ruble (1984–1985) — Aleksandr Pushkin Y# 196
• 1985
• 1 ruble (1985) — Vladimir Lenin Y# 197
• 1 ruble (1985) — Victory in the Great Patriotic War Y# 198
• 1 ruble (1985) — 12th World Youth Festival Y# 199
• 1986
• 1 ruble (1986) — International Year of Peace Y# 201
• 1 ruble (1986) — Mikhail Lomonosov Y# 202
• 1987
• 1 ruble (1987) — Battle of Borodino; Soldiers Y# 203
• 1 ruble (1987) — Battle of Borodino; Monument Y# 204
• 1 ruble (1987) — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Y# 205
• 1 ruble (1987) — October Revolution Y# 206
• 3 rubles (1987) — October Revolution Y# 207
• 5 rubles (1987) — October Revolution Y# 208
• 1988
• 1 ruble (1988) — Maxim Gorki Y# 209
• 1 ruble (1988) — Leo Tolstoy Y# 216
• 5 rubles (1988) — Leningrad - Peter the Great Monument Y# 217
• 5 rubles (1988) — Millennium of Russia Y# 218
• 5 rubles (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral Y# 219