Russian ruble Russian ruble The Russian ruble or rouble ( "rublʹ", plural: "rubli"; sign: ₽, руб; code: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation, the two partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the two unrecognised republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. The ruble is subdivided into 100 "kopeks" (sometimes written as "kopecks" or "copecks"; "kopeyka", plural: "kopeyki"). The ruble was the currency of the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union (as the Soviet ruble). However, today only Russia, Belarus and Transnistria use currencies with the same name. The ruble was the world's first decimal currency: it was decimalised
Tajikistani ruble Tajikistani ruble The rouble or ruble () was the currency of Tajikistan between May 10, 1995 and October 29, 2000. It was subdivided into 100 "tanga", although no coins or banknotes were issued denominated in tanga. Like a number of other republics of the former Soviet Union, Tajikistan continued using the Soviet/Russian rouble a few years after independence. On July 26, 1993, a new series of Russian ruble was issued and old Soviet/Russian rubles ceased to be legal tender in Russia. In Tajikistan, pre-1993 Russian rubles ceased to be legal tender on 8 January 1994. On May 10, 1995, the