1 ruble — USSR (1987) — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Special facts

A 1987 rouble for the 130th anniversary of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), the founder of theoretical cosmonautics. He spent almost his whole life as a schoolteacher in Borovsk and Kaluga, and in 1903 derived the rocket equation. His are the words: “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever.” His house in Kaluga became a museum.

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: 1987

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• 1983
• 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
• 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

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