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100 Roubles Kuban Soviet Republic
| Issuer | Kuban Soviet Republic |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the State Duma building (Государственная Дума) with classical colonnade, set within an oval frame flanked by decorative foliate branches. Bold Cyrillic heading ЗАЕМЪ СВОБОДЫ (Liberty Loan) arches above the vignette, below which the denomination 5% ОБЛИГАЦІЯ ВЪ СТО РУБЛЕЙ is stated in large letterpress type. Serial number appears twice in the upper corners, with series designation II серія, and the document is dated Петроградъ, 27 марта 1917 года, with multiple manuscript ministerial signatures in the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЗАЕМЪ СВОБОДЫ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ДУМА 5% ОБЛИГАЦІЯ ВЪ СТО РУБЛЕЙ НАРИЦАТЕЛЬНЫХЪ II СЕРІЯ № 0031211 Петроградъ, 27 марта 1917 года |
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The Kuban Soviet Republic existed for only a matter of months in 1918, a short-lived Bolshevik entity in the North Caucasus that found itself issuing its own currency while simultaneously being contested by Don Cossack forces and early Volunteer Army units. Local note production was a necessity — central Soviet supply lines were unreliable at best, severed at worst — and the region's administrations printed their own instruments throughout the Civil War period regardless of political stripe.
P#S494 falls within the broader "S" classification covering Russian Civil War regional issues, a category where provenance and issuing authority can be genuinely difficult to pin down. Surviving examples are not common, largely because the Kuban Soviet administration collapsed before any organized recall or redemption was possible.