1 ruble — USSR (1965) — Victory in the Great Patriotic War

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Special facts

The 1965 rouble for the 20th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War was the first Soviet commemorative coin. The mintage was about 60 million. In 1965 9 May became a day off again, and for the first time since 1945 a Victory parade was held on Red Square, with the Victory Banner carried. Jubilee roubles then appeared almost every year until 1991.

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: 1965

Other items of the period

• 1965
• 1 ruble (1965) — Victory in the Great Patriotic War Y# 135
• 1967
• 10 kopecks (1967) — October Revolution Y# 136
• 15 kopecks (1967) — October Revolution Y# 137
• 20 kopecks (1967) — October Revolution Y# 138
• 50 kopecks (1967) — October Revolution Y# 139
• 1 ruble (1967) — October Revolution Y# 140
• 1970
• 1 ruble (1970) — Vladimir Lenin Y# 141
• 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