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1 Rouble Hamza Hakim-zade Niyazi
| Issuer | Soviet Union |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union occupies the upper half of the obverse, featuring the hammer and sickle superimposed on a globe, framed by wheat sheaves bound with a ribbon, and surmounted by a five-pointed star. Below the arms, the Cyrillic legend 'СССР' (USSR) is inscribed across the field, followed by the denomination '1 РУБЛЬ' (1 Rouble) and the date '1989' at the bottom. |
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| Mintage | 1989 - - 1,800,000 1989 - Proof - 200,000 |
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Hamza Hakim-zade Niyazi, the Uzbek playwright and poet commemorated here, was murdered in 1929 by religious conservatives who opposed his campaigns against the veil and traditional gender roles in Soviet Central Asia. The Soviet state subsequently elevated him to martyrdom status, and his name was attached to theaters, streets, and institutions across the Uzbek SSR for decades.
This rouble is part of the long-running Soviet commemorative series marking cultural and historical figures — issued the same year Gorbachev's reforms were unraveling the political order Hamza had died to serve.