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5000 Roubles Don Cossack Military Government
| Issuer | Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye (Don Cossack Army Government) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The Don Cossack double-headed eagle arms, enclosed within a decorative oval frame, appears at left centre, with the legend «ВСЕВЕЛИКОЕ ВОЙСКО ДОНСКОЕ» in a panel below. The note is issued as a 5% short-term obligation (краткосрочное обязательство), dated 1 July 1919, with hand-written serial number and text block in Cyrillic script occupying the right portion. Denomination «РУБ. 5000» is indicated in the upper right corner and printed vertically at left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5% КРАТКОСРОЧНОЕ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВО ВСЕВЕЛИКАГО ВОЙСКА ДОНСКОГО СРОКЪ 1 ІЮЛЯ 1919 Г. РУБ. 5000 ВСЕВЕЛИКОЕ ВОЙСКО ДОНСКОЕ Новочеркасскъ 1 Октября 1918 |
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The Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye — the Don Cossack Host government — issued a substantial range of paper currency during its brief autonomous existence in 1918–1919, backed by little more than territorial control along the Don River and the tenuous support of White Army forces. By the time this 5,000-rouble denomination was printed, hyperinflationary pressure across all Russian successor states had already made large-denomination notes an immediate necessity rather than a prestige issue.
Ataman Krasnov's administration collapsed in early 1919 amid military reversal and internal political friction. Notes of this series had an extremely short window of practical use.