24 July 1993 years finally stopped their country's currency in circulation, which had already more than two years did not exist. Smooth 25 years ago, the Bank of Russia announced the decision to stop walking as a means of payment in the country of the Soviet ruble with the need to exchange them for new banknotes of the Russian Federation.
Legal tender force since then in Russia began only have the Russian Ruble, although the times were such, that individual trading patterns and hustlers single foreign bank notes accepted much more readily Russian Ruble. First of all - American dollars. And just in everyday life Russian citizens have been actively include concepts such as "cu. - conventional unit" (the price is in US dollars. often point to the many price tags, especially in cases, when it came to big ticket items) and "in dollars".
In the same 1993 year currency reform was completed.
Its duration took more than 5 months, with the result that the population has been withdrawn more 20 billion banknotes of the "old" sample to be replaced by new banknotes.
News about the need to "urgently" to change old notes for new led to panic among the population. People stormed the banks, afraid to be left without a penny in his pocket. This happened also on the background of authorities' decision to limit the amount of a single exchange for the citizen.
Initially, the exchange limit was 35 thousand. rubles (it is about 35 dollars at the exchange rate at that time). If the citizen is going to exchange amount, exceeding the specified, then it is actually forced open a bank deposit for a period of six months. About, what relation to the moment the citizens formed to banks (savings banks), which accounts for many of accumulation to dust, it is not necessary to remind.
It was during that monetary reform was born, experts say on the recent history of Russia, the famous phrase of Viktor Chernomyrdin: "We wanted the best, it turned out as always ".
