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5000 Roubles Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant
| Issuer | OAO Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant 'Sokol' |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light green note with a central photographic vignette of a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter on the tarmac, dated 1959. To the left, large numerals '75 ЛЕТ' with the plant's name and founding dates 1932–2007; to the right, an ornate oval guilloche medallion bearing the denomination '5000 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ'. The Nizhny Novgorod city coat of arms (deer on a red field) is printed in the upper right corner, and a serial number appears below it; the lower register carries a decorative letterpress band repeating the denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЮБИЛЕЙНЫЙ ВЫПУСК К 75-ЛЕТИЮ ОАО "НИЖЕГОРОДСКИЙ АВИАСТРОИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЗАВОД "СОКОЛ" МиГ-21 1959 75 ЛЕТ ОАО "НАЗ "СОКОЛ" 1932-2007 САМЫЙ МАССОВЫЙ В МИРЕ САМОЛЕТ, СОСТАВЛЯЛ ОСНОВУ ВВС 32 СТРАН МИРА, В РЯДЕ СТРАН ПРОИЗВОДИТСЯ ПО ЛИЦЕНЗИИ 5000 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ АВИАРУБЛЕЙ 5000 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ (Translation: ANNIVERSARY ISSUE FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF JSC "NIZHNY NOVGOROD AIRCRAFT PLANT "SOKOL" MiG-21 1959 75 YEARS JSC "NAZ "SOKOL" 1932-2007 THE MOST PRODUCED AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD, IT FORMED THE BASIS OF THE AIR FORCES OF 32 COUNTRIES, AND IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IT IS PRODUCED UNDER LICENSE 5000 AVIATION ROUBLES AVIATION ROUBLES 5000 AVIATION ROUBLES) |
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Factory scrip — technically a securities instrument rather than currency — issued by the Sokol aircraft plant in Nizhny Novgorod, one of Russia's oldest military aviation manufacturers, responsible historically for MiG fighters. By the mid-2000s, Russian industrial enterprises occasionally issued internal quasi-monetary instruments tied to wage settlements or barter clearing arrangements, a hangover from the catastrophic liquidity crises of the 1990s when cash-strapped factories paid workers in everything except actual money.
The polymer substrate is unusual for Russian-issued scrip of this period, suggesting a deliberate decision to invest in durability — or possibly a printing contract with a supplier already tooled for polymer work. Genuine circulation details for this issue remain poorly documented.