10 000 Tengov Bukhara Soviet Peoples Republic

The Bukhara Soviet People's Republic was proclaimed in September 1920 following the Red Army's violent overthrow of the Emirate of Bukhara — the emir fled to Afghanistan, and the new state immediately needed its own currency. These notes were printed locally under extremely primitive conditions, which is why the typography is often uneven and ink coverage inconsistent across the series. The BSNR itself was a nominally independent Soviet satellite that lasted only until 1924, when it was dissolved and absorbed into the Uzbek and Tajik SSRs.

Local printing meant no access to security paper, engraved plates, or watermarking. The 10,000 tengov denomination reflects the severe inflation already gripping the region, with the tenge itself a unit of deeply uncertain value given the near-total collapse of commercial life following the 1920 revolution.