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1 000 000 Roubles Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia - Erivan
| Issuer | Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red-brown on plain paper, the face is enclosed within an ornate Art Nouveau border incorporating floral and geometric guilloche medallions at each corner with paired circular rosettes flanking the central denomination numerals "1 000 000" on either side. The central text panel presents the denomination in Armenian script (ՄԵԿ ՄԻԼԻՈՆ ՌՈՒԲԼՒ) above the Cyrillic legend ОДИН МИЛЛИОН РУБЛЕЙ, beneath the full bilingual issuer title in both Armenian and Cyrillic. The date 1922 appears at the foot of the central panel, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | ՏPՊԱՂKAՆIЕ Հայկական Սովետական Սօցիալիստական Հանրապetութիւն СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА АРМЕНИЯ ՄԵԿ ՄԻԼԻՈՆ ՌՈՒԲԼՒ ОДИН МИЛЛИОН РУБЛЕЙ 1922 |
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Armenia's Soviet Republic existed for less than two years before being absorbed into the Transcaucasian SFSR in March 1922, and its currency collapsed in near-perfect synchrony with that political end. This 1,000,000 rouble note is a direct product of the hyperinflationary spiral that gripped the entire Caucasus region in the early 1920s — denominations climbed into the millions not because of economic ambition but because the printing press was the only functioning financial institution.
Printed locally in Erivan rather than sent to Moscow or Tiflis, the note reflects the logistical isolation of the Armenian Soviet apparatus during its brief, chaotic independence. The quality of locally produced issues from this period is notoriously uneven — ink adhesion and paper stock vary considerably across surviving examples.