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1 Rouble Russian Government - South Russia
| Issuer | Russian Government - Armed Forces of South Russia |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Rouble |
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| Obverse lettering | ГОСУДАРСТВО РОССІЙСКОЕ. КАЗНАЧЕЙСКІЙ ЗНАКЪ. ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ НАЧАЛЬНИКЪ УПРАВЛЕНІЯ ФИНАНСОВЪ НАЧАЛЬНИКЪ КРЕДИТНОЙ ЧАСТИ ВЫПУЩЕНЪ УПРАВЛЕНІЕМЪ ФИНАНСОВЪ ПРИ ГЛАВНОКОМАНДУЮЩЕМЪ ВООРУЖЕННЫМИ СИЛАМИ НА ЮГЪ РОССІИ. ОБЯЗАТЕЛЕНЪ КЪ ПРІЕМУ ВО ВСѢХЪ ПЛАТЕЖАХЪ. ПОДѢЛКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in brown with a large central vignette of a double-headed eagle with a shield on its breast, wings spread wide, set against an elaborate guilloche background. Four corner rosettes, each bearing the numeral 1, surround the central motif, with the inscriptions ОДИНЪ above and РУБЛЬ below flanked by the digit 1 on either side. |
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The Armed Forces of South Russia, under Denikin and later Wrangel, issued a blizzard of small-denomination notes in 1919–1920 as their territorial control collapsed. This 1 Rouble belongs to that final phase — printed under increasingly desperate logistical conditions as the White movement's hold on southern Russia disintegrated ahead of Bolshevik advances.
Inflation made the denomination essentially worthless almost immediately. Notes of this series circulated alongside dozens of competing issues from other White administrations, Soviet organs, and local municipalities, creating a monetary chaos that itself undermined confidence in any anti-Bolshevik governance.