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1000 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government - State Treasury |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vertical panel bears the denomination numeral '1000' alongside a double-headed eagle vignette with ornamental framework. The main field carries printed Cyrillic text in letterpress, identifying this as a 5% short-term State Treasury obligation payable to bearer at State Bank branches; the maturity date 1 February 1920 and the place of issue Omsk are stated in the text. A serial number prefixed by the letter 'О' appears at the lower centre, with manuscript signatures of the Head of the State Treasury Department and the Chief Accountant of the Branch below the main inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства. Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Февраля 1920 года тысяча рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ, его Конторахъ и Отдѣленіяхъ. Директоръ Отдѣла Государственнаго Казначейства. Начальникъ Бухгалтерскаго Отдѣленія. Бухгалтеръ. Омскъ, 1 Февраля 1919г. Руб. 1000. |
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The Siberian Provisional Government — headquartered in Omsk under Admiral Kolchak from November 1918 — issued this note as part of its effort to maintain a functioning monetary system across White-controlled territory east of the Urals. Omsk was, briefly, the administrative capital of an anti-Bolshevik Russia stretching from the Urals to the Pacific, and the presses there worked continuously to fund both civil administration and a deteriorating military campaign.
By late 1919, Kolchak's forces were collapsing under Red Army pressure. The currency followed: hyperinflationary conditions rendered high-denomination notes nearly worthless within weeks of issue, and when Omsk fell in November 1919, vast quantities of unissued stock were seized or destroyed. Notes that entered actual circulation in that final period often show heavy wear relative to their age.