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10 Roubles North Russia - Chaikovskiy Government
| Issuer | Chaikovskiy Government (Supreme Administration of the Northern Region) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of an uncrowned Imperial double-headed eagle framed by two ornate guilloche roundels bearing the numeral 10, with decorative floral and fruit festoons. The inscription СЕВЕРНАЯ РОССИЯ appears at the top, with ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТ and ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ in large Cyrillic lettering below the eagle. A text block in the lower centre states the exchange rate terms, accompanied by two manuscript signatures and a date of 1919 at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 РУБ. 10 |
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The Supreme Administration of the Northern Region — commonly called the Chaikovskiy Government after Nikolai Chaikovskiy, the Socialist Revolutionary who nominally led it — was installed in Arkhangelsk in August 1918 following the Allied intervention. It never controlled enough territory or tax base to back its currency with anything substantial, and these notes circulated in a region where British military scrip and old Imperial roubles competed simultaneously.
By the time this 1919 issue reached circulation, Chaikovskiy himself had already departed for Paris. The government that bore his name collapsed entirely in February 1920 when Allied forces withdrew and Bolshevik troops entered Arkhangelsk.