Russia (1917-1919)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in February 1917, in which the Russian provisional government was established, formed by a coalition between liberal politicians and moderate socialists, including Prime Minister Aleksandr Kérensky who, despite rejecting the coup d'état of Kornilov in a satisfactory manner, his government was worn out, the soviets being reinforced. In autumn the government was in a very weak situation and while in the countryside the Soviets accelerated an informal agrarian reform and in the cities grew support for the Bolsheviks, who decided to seize power through the Soviets at the Second Pan-Russian Congress of the Soviets, giving rise to the October Revolution, giving rise to the Sovnarkom government. The Bolsheviks assumed power, led by Lenin and Troski, and tried to make a coalition government with other socialist sensitivities (the Bolsheviks are the radical wing of the Social Democratic Labor Party of Russia). After the seizure of power they approved the first repressive measures (censorship of the press), and after the elections to the Constituent Assembly, political parties like the KD (liberal), were banned. Thus began the Russian Civil War between the Red Army (Bolsheviks) and the White Movement (monarchists, conservatives, liberals and democratic socialists), although other nationalist and regional political groups also participated, such as the Ukrainian nationalists of the Green Army, the Ukrainian Army anarchists Black and the Black Guards. There are banknotes of 3 Russian rubles, 5 Russian rubles, 20 Russian rubles, 25 Russian rubles, 40 Russian rubles, 50 Russian rubles, 100 Russian rubles and 500 Russian rubles .

20 Russian rubles (двадцать рублей)

This banknote worth 20 rubles was first circulated in 1917. On the main side it can be seen the written value of the banknote, two 20's and the Russian Provisional Government coat of arms with a double-headed eagle. In the upper part it's said that the Treasury guarantees the value of the banknote and in the lower part it says that this banknote is legal tender. The rest of the banknote and the background is fulled with geometric and floristic elements. 
On the other side of the banknote there are five 20's (four of them in the corners) and the written value of the banknote, with a text saying that counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law. This banknote has decorative elements as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 6.1 cm x 4.9 cm.

40 Russian rubles (сорокъ рублей)

This banknote worth 40 rubles was first circulated in 1917. On the main side it can be seen the written value of the banknote, two 40's and the Russian Provisional Government coat of arms with a double-headed eagle. In the upper part it's said that the Treasury guarantees the value of the banknote and in the lower part it says that this banknote is legal tender. The rest of the banknote and the background is fulled with geometric and floristic elements.
On the other side of the banknote there are five 40's (four of them in the corners) and the written value of the banknote, with a text saying that counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law. This banknote has decorative elements as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 6.1 cm x 4.9 cm.