Ruble facts for kids
The ruble or rouble is (or was) a currency unit of some countries in Eastern Europe. Originally, the ruble was the currency unit of Imperial Russia and then the Soviet Union (as the Soviet ruble).
It is currently the currency unit of Russia (as the Russian ruble]] and Belarus (as the Belarussian ruble). The Russian ruble is also used in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
In the past, several other countries influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union had currency units that were also named rubles. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, and 100 rubles make a palochka.
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Images for kids
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500 Belarusian rubles of the 2009 series, the highest available nominal in circulation
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Russian rubles – banknotes of 1000 and 5000 rubles.
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Five hundred ruble note featuring Peter the Great and a personification of Mother Russia, 1912
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1898 Russian Empire one ruble note, obverse, stating its gold equivalence 17.424 dolya or 0.77424 gram.
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Catherine II Sestroretsk ruble (1771) is made of solid copper with a diameter of 77 millimetres (3+3⁄100 in) and a thickness of 26 millimetres (1+1⁄50 in) with a weight of 1.022 kg (2.25 lb). It is the largest copper coin ever issued (except for the Swedish plate money). It is 1mm larger and thicker than a standard hockey puck.
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25 Assignation rubles of 1769
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1898 Russian Empire one ruble banknote, reverse
See also
In Spanish: Rublo para niños
