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20 Kopecks North Russia - Chaikovskiy Government
| Issuer | Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Chaikovskiy Government) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 91 × 53 mm |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress on pale green guilloche underprint, within a decorative geometric border. The denomination '20 КОПѢЕКЪ' is printed in large bold type at centre, flanked to the right by a small Imperial double-headed eagle vignette. The heading 'СѢВЕРНАЯ РОССІЯ' appears at top, with a two-line inscription below the denomination stating the note circulates at par with silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | КОПѢЕКЪ 20 20 ПОДДѢЛКА БИЛЕТА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ. |
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The Chaikovskiy Government — formally the Provisional Government of the Northern Region — controlled Arkhangelsk between 1918 and 1920 under Allied occupation, and its fractional notes were a direct response to a chronic small-denomination shortage that plagued the entire northern theatre. The 20-kopeck note was one of several low-value issues produced when metallic coinage had completely disappeared from circulation across the region.
Nikolai Chaikovskiy himself, the government's nominal head, was a veteran Socialist Revolutionary whose involvement in Russian radical politics stretched back to the 1870s. The Allied withdrawal in 1919–1920 effectively ended the government's existence, and most of its currency became worthless within months of issue.