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Seventh Ruble

In 1998, the following banknotes were introduced:

1997 Series
Image Value Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Watermark printing issue
5 rubles (no longer issued)1 137 × 61 mm Green The Millennium of Russia monument on background of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod Fortress wall of the Novgorod Kremlin "5", Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod 1997 1 January 1998
10 rubles (currently being replaced with coins of the same face value) 150 × 65 mm Dark-green and dark-brown Kommunalny Bridge across the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk and Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric plant "10", Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel 1 January 1998
20013, 20044
2011
50 rubles Blue and violet, respectively A Rostral Column sculpture on background of Petropavlosk Fortress in Saint Petersburg Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns "50", Peter and Paul Cathedral
100 rubles Brown-green-burgundy Quadriga on the portico of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow The Bolshoi Theatre "100", The Bolshoi Theatre
500 rubles Violet and blue, respectively Monument to Peter the Great, Sedov sailing ship and sea terminal in Arkhangelsk Solovetsky Monastery "500", Monument to Peter the Great
1,000 rubles 157 × 69 mm Blue-green Monument to Yaroslav I the Wise and the Lady of Kazan Chapel in Yaroslavl John the Baptist Church in Yaroslavl "1000", Monument to Yaroslav I the Wise 2000, 20044, 2010
5,000 rubles Red-orange Monument to Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky in Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Bridge over the Amur "5000", Head of the monument to Muravyov-Amursky June 2006, September 2011
  1. The 5 ruble note is very rare now. It is now out of print, although it is still legal tender.
  2. The 10 ruble note is no longer printed starting January 2010. Replaced by the 10 ruble coin. But 10 ruble notes are still in use though less common.
  3. Banknotes of the 2001 revision bear the fine print "модификация 2001г." meaning "modification of year 2001" on the left watermark area.
  4. Banknotes of the 2004 revision also bear the similar fine print. More importantly, new security features have been added, including (but not limited to):
  • Moiré pattern: The area appears to be one color from one angle, stripes from another angle.
  • Wider metallic thread
  • Microperforation (100 rubles and above): Denomination numeral formed by dots (small laser perforated holes in the paper)
  • Color shifting ink (500 rubles and above): The emblem of the Bank of Russia for 500 rubles, and the city emblem of Yaroslavl for 1000 rubles.

All Russian paper money is currently printed at the state-owned factory Goznak in Moscow, which was organized on 6 June 1919 and has continued to operate ever since. Coins are minted in Moscow and at the Saint Petersburg Mint, which has been operating since 1724.

Russian rubles per USD 1998–2011
Year Lowest ↓ Highest ↑ Average
Date Rate Date Rate Rate
1998 1 January 5.9600 29 December 20.9900 9.7945
1999 1 January 20.6500 29 December 27.0000 24.6489
2000 6 January 26.9000 23 February 28.8700 28.1287
2001 4 January 28.1600 18 December 30.3000 29.1753
2002 1 January 30.1372 7 December 31.8600 31.3608
2003 20 December 29.2450 9 January 31.8846 30.6719
2004 30 December 27.7487 1 January 29.4545 28.8080
2005 18 March 27.4611 6 December 28.9978 28.3136
2006 6 December 26.1840 12 January 28.4834 27.1355
2007 24 November 24.2649 13 January 26.5770 25.5516
2008 16 July 23.1255 31 December 29.3804 24.8740
2009 13 November 28.6701 19 February 36.4267 31.68
2010 16 April 28.9310 8 June 31.7798 30.3765
2011 6 May 27.2625 5 October 32.6799 29.3948
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