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Belarusian ruble
Belarusian ruble
Belarusian ruble беларускі рубель (Belarusian) белорусский рубль (Russian) National Bank of Belarus, 1992 50 500 rubles kapeykas reverse (2000) ISO 4217 Code User(s) Inflation Source Pegged with Subunit 1/100 Symbol Plural
The language(s) of this currency belong(s) to the Slavic languages. There is more than one way to construct plural forms. See article.
10 Soviet rubles. It took about two years before the ruble became the official currency of the country.[2]
Second ruble, 2000In 2000, a second ruble was introduced (ISO code BYR), replacing the first at a rate of 1 new ruble = 1000 old rublei. This was redenomination with 3 zeros chopped off. Only banknotes have been issued, with the only coins issued being commemoratives for collectors.[2]
BYR Belarus 8.4% The World Factbook, 2007 est. U.S. dollar = Br 2858 [1]
kapeyka
Monetary integration with Russia
From the beginning of his presidency, Alexander Lukashenko began to suggest the idea of integration with Russian Federation and to undertake steps in this direction. From the beginning, there was also an idea of introducing a united currency for the Union of Russia and Belarus. Art. 13 of the 1999 "Treaty of Creation of the Union State of Russia and Belarus" foresaw a unified currency. Discussions about the Union currency has continued past the 2005 implementation goal set by both nations.[3] Starting in 2008, the Central Bank of the Republic of Belarus announced that the ruble will be tied to the United States dollar instead of the Russian ruble.[4] "Stanislav Bogdankevich, a former bank chairman, called the decision political, saying it was tied to Belarus’ open displeasure at Russia’s decision to hike oil and gas export prices to Belarus earlier this year. Belarus’ economy is largely Soviet-style, centrally controlled and has been heavily reliant on cheap energy supplies from Russia". [5]
Coins Banknotes Freq. used
None 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10 000, 20 000, 50 000, 100 000 rubles National Bank of the Republic of Belarus www.nbrb.by
Central bank Website
The ruble (Belarusian: рубель, Gen. plural: рублёў) is the currency of Belarus. The symbol for the ruble is Br and the ISO 4217 code is BYR. It is divided into 100 kapeykas (капейка, Gen. plural: kapeyek).
History
First ruble, 1992–2000
From the collapse of the Soviet Union until May 1992, the Soviet ruble circulated in Belarus. New Russian banknotes also circulated in Belarus but they were replaced by notes issued by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus in May 1992.[2] The first post-Soviet Belarusian ruble was assigned the ISO code BYB and replaced the Soviet currency at the rate of 1 Belarusian ruble =
Banknotes
First ruble
In 1992, banknotes were introduced in denominations of 50 kapeykas, 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 rublei. These were followed by 20,000 rublei in 1994, 50,000 rublei in 1995, 100,000 rublei
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in 1996, 500,000 rublei in 1998 and 1 and 5 million rublei in 1999.
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/ europe/articles/2007/08/15/ belarus_to_link_currency_to_dollar/. Retrieved on 2007-10-01. [6] National bank of the Republic of Belarus: Belarusian Ruble Official Average Exchange Rate against foreign currency
Second ruble
In 2000, notes were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 rublei. In 2001, higher denominations of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 rublei were introduced, followed by 100,000 rublei in 2005. There are no coins or banknotes issued in kapeykas.
External links
• National bank of the Republic of Belarus Official Exchange Rates (English)
Historical exchange rates Current BYR exchange rates
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See also
• Economy of Belarus • Least valued currency unit
References
[1] National bank of the Republic of Belarus: Official Exchange Rates of the National Bank [2] ^ National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. "NBRB banknotes". http://www.nbrb.by/engl/ CoinsBanknotes/. Retrieved on 2006-12-30. [3] "Will rouble become Belarus currency?". Pravda.ru. 2003-12-02. http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/ 12/02/51602.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-01. [4] "Belarus to link currency to dollar". Associated Press. 2007-08-15. http://www.boston.com/news/world/ europe/articles/2007/08/15/ belarus_to_link_currency_to_dollar/. Retrieved on 2007-10-01. [5] "Belarus to link currency to dollar". Associated Press. 2007-08-15.
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2000 Series[2] Image Obverse Reverse Value Dimensions Main Color Description Obverse
Belarusian ruble
Date of Reverse printing issue
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1 ruble 110 x 60 mm Green
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The building Denomination 2000 of the Nation- in figures al Academy of Sciences of Belarus View of the Trayetskaye Pradmyestsye in Minsk The building of the National Library of Belarus The building of the National Bank of Belarus The interior of the building of the National Bank of Belarus The main entrance to the Memorial Brest HeroFortress Scene from ballet "Favourite" by E.A. Hlebau
January 1, Ja 2000 1
5 rubles
Rosered
Ju 2
10 rubles
Light blue
20 rubles
150 x 69 mm
Oliveyellow
50 rubles
Orange- The Kholm red Gate - fragment of the Memorial Brest HeroFortress Light green The National Academic Great Opera and Ballet House of Belarus in Minsk The Republican Trade Unions’ Palace of Culture in Minsk
100 rubles
500 rubles
150 x 74 mm
Light brown
Architectural decorations on the Republican Palace of Culture of Belarus Fragment of the picture "Portrait of the wife with flowers and fruits" by I. Khrutski
1000 rubles
Light blue
The National Museum of Arts of Belarus in Minsk
5000 rubles
Light violet
The Palace of Image of the Sports in "Raubichy" Minsk sporting complex
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10 000 rubles 20 000 rubles Pink Panorama of Viciebsk city Rumiancev’s and Paskevich’s palace in Homyel A castle in the settlement of Mir, Karelichy district, Hrodna Voblast
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Summer amphitheatre in Viciebsk A view of the palace from A. Idzkouski’s picture in Homyel Decorative collage of architectural elements of Mir Castle View of the Radziwills’ Castle in Niasvizh from a painting by the Belarusian artist Napoleon Orda April 16, 2001 2002
Grey
50 000 rubles
Sky blue
December 20, 2002
100 000 rubles
Orange The Radziwills’ Castle in the town of Niasvizh
July 15, 2005
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.
Belarusian rublei per currency unit[6] 2004 Russian ruble United States dollar Euro 75.00 2160.24 2683.75 2005 76.14 2153.81 2681.49 2006 78.90 2144.56 2691.88 2007 83.91 2146.07 2937.06
Source: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004
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