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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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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A 5% short-term State Treasury obligation, with the denomination '1000' printed vertically in large numerals along the left margin and 'Руб. 1000' in the upper right. A small double-headed eagle vignette appears at centre-left within a decorative frame. The note carries handwritten signatures of the Director of the State Treasury Department and the Chief Accountant, with an issue date of 1 January 1919 at lower right and a redemption date of 1 January 1920 stated in the text body. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственнаго Казначейства Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Января 1920 года тысяча рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ, его Конторахъ и Отдѣленіяхъ. Директоръ Отдѣла Государственнаго Казначейства Начальникъ Бухгалтерскаго Отдѣленія Бухгалтеръ Омскъ, 1 Января 1919. Руб. 1000 |
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The Siberian Provisional Government, headquartered in Omsk under Admiral Kolchak from late 1918, issued these notes as part of a frantic effort to finance White Army operations against Bolshevik forces. Omsk served briefly as the anti-Bolshevik capital of Russia, and the currency printed there had to function as both a military financing instrument and a legitimate circulating medium across a vast and unstable territory.
The designation "Second Siberian Provisional Administration" reflects the successive reorganizations of White authority in the region — Kolchak's government was itself a successor to earlier anti-Bolshevik administrations in Siberia. By 1919, runaway inflation was destroying confidence in all White-issued currency, and high-denomination notes like this 1000-rouble piece were a direct symptom of that collapse. Omsk fell to the Red Army in November 1919.