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50 Roubles Government of The North Region
| Issuer | Provisional Government of the Northern Region |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Horizontal format note with a central text body in Cyrillic script, flanked on the left by a vertical guilloche panel bearing the numeral '50' within an ornate oval cartouche. The main text field states the obligation of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region to pay the bearer fifty roubles at the Regional State Bank, dated 15 February 1919, with the place and date of issue given as Arkhangelsk, 15 August 1918. Three manuscript signatures appear below the main text — those of the Chairman of the Provisional Government, the Head of the Finance Department, and the Manager of the Regional State Bank — followed by a serial number at lower left, with French-language marginal inscriptions running vertically along both side borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | Краткосрочное обязательство Временного Правительства Северной Области Предъявителю сего уплачивается 15 Февраля 1919 года ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ рублей в Областном Государственном Банке Председатель Временного Правительства Управляющий Отделом Финансов Управляющий Областным Государственным Банком Кассир Архангельск, 15 Августа 1918 г. Bon du Trésor de CINQUANTE roubles Remboursable le 15 Février 1919 Treasury Bill of FIFTY roubles Payable on the 15th February 1919 |
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The Provisional Government of the Northern Region was a White movement administration established at Arkhangelsk in August 1918 following Allied intervention — British and American troops landed at the port that same month, and the anti-Bolshevik government existed largely under Allied military protection. Its paper currency was an immediate practical necessity: the Bolsheviks had cut the region off from Moscow's financial system, and local commerce needed a medium of exchange.
Printing in Arkhangelsk rather than abroad kept production under direct government control but severely limited technical quality. The notes were produced under wartime conditions on whatever equipment and stock was available locally.
The government collapsed in February 1920 when Allied forces withdrew and Red Army units advanced on the city.