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250 Roubles Zhytomyr - Azov Don Commercial Bank
| Issuer | Azov-Don Commercial Bank, Zhytomyr Branch |
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| Year | 1918-1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain light green cheque-format note with vertical text reading ГОСУДАРСТВЕНН. БАНК along the left margin. The central field carries the issuing authority inscription in two lines at top, followed by a demand-payment order text in Cyrillic script, with the denomination 250 рублей (двести пятьдесят рублей) set in large bold type. A serial number and date field appear in the lower portion, with designated spaces for the Бухгалтер (accountant) and Управляющий (manager) signatures at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted background with a central block of Cyrillic text affirming the cheque's validity and exchangeability for cash banknotes at the Zhytomyr Branch of the State Bank, along with a statement of its mandatory acceptance in all payments and a warning against forgery. The issuing authority — Житомирское Отделение Государственного Банка — is named below the text block, followed by two manuscript signatures for the Управляющий (manager) and Контролёр (controller). |
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The Azov-Don Commercial Bank was one of the largest commercial banks in pre-revolutionary Russia, with branches across Ukraine and the south. After the Bolshevik seizure of Petrograd, regional branches found themselves cut off from central authority and began issuing their own obligations to keep local commerce functioning — a pattern repeated across dozens of Ukrainian cities during 1918–1919 as the region cycled through German occupation, the Hetmanate, the Directory, and Bolshevik advances.
The Zhytomyr branch issues are among the less documented in the series. Pick S356 sits in a cluster of provincial commercial bank notes whose actual redemption history remains murky.