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| Issuer | Far Eastern Republic |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ТРИ РУБЛЯ * ТРИ РУБЛЯ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТ ТРИ РУБЛЯ ДАЛЬНЕ-ВОСТОЧНОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ РУБЛЯ 3 РУБЛЯ 3 РУБЛЯЛ ТРИ РУБЛЯ ТРИ РУБЛЯ 1920 УПРАВЛЯЮЩИЙ КАССИР |
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| Reverse lettering | 3 ТРИ РУБЛЯ ОБЕЗПЕЧИВАЕТСЯ ВСЕМ ДОСТОЯНИЕМ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ПОДДЕЛНА КРЕДИТНЫХ БИЛЕТОВ ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ 3 |
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The Far Eastern Republic was a nominally independent buffer state created in April 1920 at Soviet instigation — a tactical device to avoid direct confrontation with Japan, which still had troops in the region. It lasted until November 1922, when Japanese forces withdrew and the territory was absorbed into Soviet Russia almost immediately. The paper currency issued during those two years was always provisional in character, produced under constrained circumstances in Chita.
This 3 Rouble note circulated in a region simultaneously occupied by foreign troops, White Army remnants, and Bolshevik political operators. The monetary situation was chaotic enough that multiple competing currencies traded alongside it.