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25 Roubles North Russia - Chaikovskiy Government
| Issuer | Northern Region Government (Chaikovskiy Government) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | СЪВЕРНАЯ РОССІЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ЭМИССИОННАЯ КАССА РАЗМѢНЯЕТЪ КРЕДИТНЫЕ БИЛЕТЫ НА ФУНТЫ СТЕРЛИНГОВЪ БЕЗ ОГРАНИЧЕНІЯ СУММЫ ПО КУРСУ 40 РУБ. = 1 ФУНТУ СТЕРЛИНГОВЪ Управляющій Отдѣломъ Финансовъ Членъ Городской Эмиссіонной Кассы |
| Reverse description | Pale pink and grey note with an elaborate engraved border surmounted by an imperial crown device, enclosing an oval portrait vignette at right with an allegorical female figure in three-quarter view. A circular guilloche medallion bearing a cross ornament is positioned at upper centre beneath a secondary crown device, while a decorative cornucopia and foliate garland form the lower border. The denomination РУБЛЕЙ is inscribed in large ornate letters at lower left, with a central text block setting out the note's redemption conditions. |
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The Northern Region Government in Archangel was established in August 1918 following the Allied intervention, with Nikolai Chaikovskiy — the veteran Socialist Revolutionary — installed as nominal head. The regime depended entirely on British military and financial backing, and its currency reflected that precariousness. These notes were a stop-gap measure for a government that never controlled territory much beyond the White Sea coast and lasted barely two years.
P#S141 belongs to the broader category of Russian Civil War provisional issues, most of which circulated under severe duress alongside Tsarist, Kerensky, and Soviet notes simultaneously — a monetary environment where public trust in any paper was essentially nonexistent.