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1 Rouble Bukhara Soviet Peoples Republic
| Issuer | Bukhara Soviet People's Republic |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | دولت کاغذ خذینه سی علامت آ-۲۲-۵۲ آ-۲۳-۵۳ الجمهور الشورى البخارى РУБЛЬ |
| Reverse description | Printed in pale ochre on cream paper with a symmetrical guilloche border and arabesque ornamental frame. The central field carries multiple lines of Arabic-script text stating the note's legal tender value and issuing authority, with the Hijri year ۱۳۴۰ at the top and the Gregorian year 1922 at the bottom. The denomination "РУБЛЬ" and "1" appear in Cyrillic within decorative panels at the left and right margins. |
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The Bukhara Soviet People's Republic existed as a nominally independent Soviet satellite from 1920 until its formal absorption into the USSR in 1924. Its currency issues were never economically stable — the region was in near-constant monetary chaos, with Tsarist-era coins, Bukharan tangas, Soviet sovznaks, and locally issued paper all circulating simultaneously. This 1922 rouble-denominated note reflects the uncomfortable compromise of a nominally sovereign state that had already surrendered real financial autonomy to Moscow.
The rouble denomination itself signals the transition: Bukharan authorities were effectively aligning their paper to Soviet units before the political merger was even complete.