1 ruble — USSR (1983) — First Woman in Space

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Special facts

A 1983 rouble for the 20th anniversary of the flight of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space (16–19 June 1963). Her call sign was “Chaika” (Seagull), and Vostok 6 made 48 orbits of the Earth. Tereshkova remains the only woman to have flown in space alone. She was born in the village of Bolshoye Maslennikovo in the Yaroslavl region and flew into space at 26.

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: 1983

Other items of the period

• 1975
• 1 ruble (1975) — Victory in the Great Patriotic War Y# 142
• 1977
• 1 ruble (1977) — October Revolution Y# 143
• 1 ruble (1977) — Olympic Emblem Y# 144
• 1978
• 1 ruble (1978) — Kremlin Y# 153
• 1979
• 1 ruble (1979) — University Y# 164
• 1 ruble (1979) — Monument to the Conquerors of Space Y# 165
• 1980
• 1 ruble (1980) — Yury Dolgoruky Monument Y# 177
• 1 ruble (1980) — Olympic Flame Y# 178
• 1981
• 1 ruble (1981) — Gagarin's Spaceflight Y# 188
• 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