1000 Roubles Government of The North Region

The Provisional Government of the Northern Region was established at Arkhangelsk in August 1918 following the Allied intervention — British and American troops had landed that month, and the anti-Bolshevik administration existed almost entirely because of that military presence. This note was issued under those conditions, circulating in a small, isolated territory dependent on a foreign lifeline that would be withdrawn by 1920.

When Allied forces evacuated, the regional government collapsed within months. Notes of this series were rendered worthless almost immediately, which paradoxically aids survival rates — many were simply pocketed as souvenirs rather than spent.