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{{Short description|Unit of currency}}
{{about|the currency used in various countries|the currency of Russia in particular|Russian ruble|other uses}}
{{distinguish|Rubble}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
[[File:5000 rubles obverse 2023.jpg|thumb|5,000 [[Russian ruble]]s of the 2023 series, the highest available nominal in circulation]]
[[File:500 Belarus 2009 front.jpg|thumb|500 [[Belarusian ruble]]s of the 2009 series, the highest available nominal in circulation, though it is rarely seen]]

The '''ruble''' or '''rouble''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|uː|b|əl}}; {{lang-rus|рубль|p=rublʲ}}) is a [[currency]] unit. Currently, currencies named ''ruble'' in circulation include the [[Russian ruble]] (RUB, ₽) in [[Russia]] and the [[Belarusian ruble]] (BYN, Rbl) in [[Belarus]]. These currencies are subdivided into one hundred [[kopek]]s. No kopek is currently formally subdivided, although ''[[denga]]'' (½ kopek) and ''[[polushka]]'' (½ denga, thus ¼ kopek) were minted until the 19th century. Additionally, the [[Transnistrian ruble]] is used in [[Transnistria]], an unrecognized breakaway province of [[Moldova]]. 

Historically, the [[grivna]], ruble and denga were used in Russia as measurements of weight. In 1704, as a result of monetary reforms by [[Peter the Great]], the imperial ruble of the [[Russian Empire]] became the first [[Decimalisation|decimal currency]]. The silver ruble was used until 1897 and the gold ruble was used until 1917. The [[Soviet ruble]] officially replaced the imperial ruble in 1922 and continued to be used until 1993, when it was formally replaced with the Russian ruble in the [[Russian Federation]] and by other currencies in other [[post-Soviet states]]. In the past, several other countries influenced by the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union had currency units that were also named ''ruble'', including the [[Latvian ruble]], [[Tajikistani ruble]] and [[Transcaucasian ruble]] (later [[Armenian ruble]], [[Azerbaijani ruble]], [[Georgian ruble]]).

== Countries and territories currently using currency units named "ruble" ==

{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi"
|-
! Currency
! Current users
! [[ISO 4217]] code
|-
| [[Russian ruble]]
| {{flag|Russian Federation}} (1992–present)<br />''{{flag|Abkhazia}} (2008–present)''<br />''{{flag|South Ossetia}} (2008–present)''
| RUB (1998–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 97 - 1997-12-19 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_97.pdf}}</ref><br />RUR (1992–1997)<ref name="ISO50"/>
|-
| [[Belarusian ruble]]
| {{flag|Belarus}} (1994–present)
| BYN (2016–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 161 - 2015-12-18 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_161.pdf}}</ref><br />BYR (2000–2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 106 - 1999-12-10 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_106.pdf}}</ref><br />BYB (1994–2000)<ref name="ISO77"/>
|-
| [[Transnistrian ruble]]
| ''{{flag|Transnistria}} (1994–present)''
| -
|}

== Countries and territories historically using currency units named "ruble" ==

{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi"
|-
! Currency
! Historical users
! [[ISO 4217]]<br />code
! Replaced
! Replaced by
|-
| [[Russian ruble]]
| [[Principality of Moscow]] ({{circa}} 1300–1547)<br />{{flag|Tsardom of Russia}} (1547–1721)<br />{{flag|Russian Empire}} (1721–1917)<br />{{flag|Russian SFSR}} (1917–1922)<br />{{KGZ}} (1992–1993)<ref name="ISO61">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 61 - 1993-07-27 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_61.pdf}}</ref><br />{{MDA}} (1992–1993)<ref name="ISO69">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 69 - 1993-12-03 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_69.pdf}}</ref><br />{{flag|Turkmenistan|1992}} (1992–1993)<ref name="ISO64">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 64 - 1993-09-21 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_64.pdf}}</ref><br />{{ARM}} (1992–1994)<ref name="ISO78">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 78 - 1994-10-04 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_78.pdf}}</ref><br />{{AZE}} (1992–1994)<ref name="ISO78"/><br />{{flag|Belarus|1991}} (1992–1994)<ref name="ISO77">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 77 - 1994-07-20 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_77.pdf}}</ref><br />{{flag|Georgia|1990}} (1992–1994)<ref name="ISO71">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 71 - 1994-04-14 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_71.pdf}}</ref><br />{{KAZ}} (1992–1994)<ref name="ISO72">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 72 - 1994-05-17 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_72.pdf}}</ref><br />{{UZB}} (1992–1994)<ref name="ISO76">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 76 - 1994-07-12 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_76.pdf}}</ref><br />{{TJK}} (1992–1995)<ref name="ISO84">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 84 - 1995-07-12 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_84.pdf}}</ref>
| RUR<ref name="ISO50"/>
| [[Grivna]],<br />[[Denga]],<br />[[Soviet ruble]]
| [[Soviet ruble]]<br />(1922–1992)
|-
| [[Transcaucasian ruble]]<br/>([[Armenian ruble]],<br/>[[Azerbaijani ruble]],<br/>[[Georgian ruble]])
| [[Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic|Transcaucasian DFR]] (1918)<br />{{flag|First Republic of Armenia}}  (1918–1920)<br />{{flag|Azerbaijan Democratic Republic}} (1918–1920)<br />{{flag|Democratic Republic of Georgia}} (1918–1921)<br />{{flag|Transcaucasian SFSR}} (1922–1924)
| -
| [[Russian ruble]]
| [[Soviet ruble]]
|-
| [[Soviet ruble]]
| {{flag|Soviet Union}} (1922–1992)
| SUR
| [[Russian ruble]]
| [[Russian ruble]],<ref name="ISO50">{{citation |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 50 - 1992-12-10 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_50.pdf}}</ref><ref name="ISO54">{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 54 - 1993-03-08 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_54.pdf}}</ref><ref name="IMF01">[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2001/wp01101.pdf ''John Odling-Smee, Gonzalo Pastor.'' The IMF and the Ruble Area, 1991—1993 // IMF Working Paper, 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145510/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2001/wp01101.pdf |date=2015-09-24}}</ref><br />[[Estonian kroon]],<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 46 - 1992-07-23 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_46.pdf}}</ref><br />[[Latvian ruble]],<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 48 - 1992-10-29 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_48.pdf}}</ref><br />[[Lithuanian talonas]],<ref name="ISO50"/><br />[[Ukrainian karbovanets]]<ref name="ISO50"/>
|-
| [[Latvian ruble]]
| {{flag|Latvia}} (1992–1993)
| LVR
| [[Soviet ruble]]
| [[Latvian lats]]
|-
| [[Tajikistani ruble]]
| {{flag|Tajikistan}} (1995–2000)
| TJR
| [[Russian ruble]]<ref name="ISO84"/>
| [[Tajikistani somoni]]<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 110 - 2000-11-02 |url=https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/dl_currency_iso_amendment_110.pdf}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of circulating currencies]]
* [[Currency union]]

==External links==
{{Wiktionary|ruble|rouble}}
* {{cite web |url= http://www.historicalstatistics.org/Currencyconverter.html |title= Historical Currency Converter |first= Rodney |last= Edvinsson |department= Economic history |website= Historical Statistics |location= Stockholm University |date= Jan 10, 2016 }} <!-- |author-link= http://www.swedishcollegium.se/subfolders/Fellows/Profutura/Rodney_Edvinsson.html -->

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Modern obsolete currencies]]
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