Russian Currency Ruble (RUB)

Russian currency

The currency of Russia is ruble (also spelled rouble). The ruble was also the currency of Russian Empire and Soviet Union. One ruble consists of 100 kopeikas. The ISO 4217 code of Russian currency is RUB.

Russia ruble history

The most known version of “ruble” word origin is that it is derived from Russian verb “rubit” (to chop). In early history of Russia the ruble was a piece chopped off a silver bar called grivna. That’s why later that term became the official name of Russian currency.

In present day Russia there are 6th types of banknotes (10 Rubles, 50 Rubles, 100 Rubles, 500 Rubles, 1000 Rubles, 5000 Rubles) and 7 types of coins (1 kopeika, 5 kopeikas, 10 kopeikas, 50 kopeikas, 1 Ruble, 5 Rubles, 10 Rubles).

Russian banknotes pictures

Russian 10 Rubles banknote front view Russian 10 Rubles banknote back view Russian 50 Rubles banknote front view Russian 50 Rubles banknote back view Russian 100 Rubles banknote front view Russian 100 Rubles banknote back view Russian 500 Rubles banknote front view Russian 500 Rubles banknote back view Russian 1000 Rubles banknote front view Russian 1000 Rubles banknote back view Russian 5000 Rubles banknote front view

The questions of our visitors

Ed Read asks: I have a Russian Ruble 10,000 note dated 1993. Is this note still good currency? Thank You, Ed
Expert's answer:
The banknote you have was valid before the denomination of 1997. Later, until 2002 you could exchange it for the new banknote. The present day equivalent of 10,000 Rubles you have is 10 Rubles banknote (about 0,3 USD) so it is not a big loss, but a nice souvenir.