[Perhaps alteration (influenced by pool) of obsolete cesperalle, drainpipe, from Middle English suspiral, vent, from Old French sospirail, breathing hole, from souspirer, to breathe, from Latin suspÄ«rÄre, to sigh; see suspire.]
The Russian Ruble is also known as the Russian Rouble. The United States Dollar is also known as the American Dollar, and the US Dollar. The symbol for RUB can be written R. The symbol for USD can be written $. The Russian Ruble is divided into 100 kopecks. The United States Dollar is divided into 100 cents.
The ruble is also used in the unrecognised quasi-states of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic. Originally, the ruble was the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union before its dissolution.Belarus and Transnistria use currencies with the same name.ccording to the most popular version, the word ruble is derived from the Russian verb ÑÑÐ±Ð¸ÌÑÑ (rubit'), meaning to chop, to cut, to hack, as ruble was considered as a cutout piece (a quarter) of a silver Gryvna. A popular theory deriving word ruble from rupee is probably not correct.