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25 Roubles North Russia - Chaikovskiy Government
| Issuer | Northern Region Government (Chaikovskiy Government) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and pink note with an ornate guilloche framework enclosing the central text block, headed by the inscription СЪВЕРНАЯ РОССІЯ (Northern Russia) in large Cyrillic lettering. A circular dark vignette bearing a cross-pattern ornament occupies the left field, flanked by decorative foliate scrollwork, while the denomination numeral 25 repeats in ornamental cartouches at upper right and lower left. The legend ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ and the written denomination ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ appear centrally, with the serial number printed twice in the note field. |
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| 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.