After the Great October Socialist Revolution (25-26 October 1917) Russia was comprised the terrible Civil War (November 1917 - October 1922). During this years Russia lost about 10500000 people. It was a very brutal war with a mass executions (shooting, hanging, burning e.t.c.). During the Civil War Russia tortured not only own troops (bolshevik & anti-bolshevik), but a foreign troops too (interventions from England, France, Greece, Poland, Romania, Japan, Germany, Austrian-Hungary & USA). It was the years when my country was divided on the many self-government parts and states.
Many self-proclaimed states used their own notes. I want to relate you about different Russian notes of that hard period. I took these pictures from the Russian site: Fox-Notes.ru
Penza. This town was founded in 1663 as a military fort. During the Civil War a Penza's population used their own notes. You can see a 3 & 5-roubles notes 1917.
Ribinsk. It was founded in 1071 as a fisherman's village. The population of Ribinsk supplied a fish for the Moskow's rulers. In 1777 Ribinsk become a city. The population of Ribinsk is about 206000 now. During the Civil War Ribinsk had own currency. 5 roubles 1918.
Kostroma. It was founded in 1152. In 1609-1612 the soldiers from Kostroma took part in a anti-Polish liberating movement. Michael Romanov (the first tsar from the Romanov's Dynasty) become a tsar in Kostroma in 1613. The population of this town is about 270000 now. You can see a 5 & 10-roubles notes. This notes are used on the Kostroma's Linen Factory as an own currency.
Kasimov. It was founded in 1152 as a frontier fort. Durind the 1452-1689 Kasimov was a self-government province (as a Russian vassal). Since 1689 Kasimov is a small town of the Central Russia. You can se a 5 & 10-roubles notes 1918.
Archangelsk's province was founded in 1796 during the reign of Catherine the Great. Province is situated in the Nothern-Western part of Russia. During the Civil War Archangelsk's province had own currency. 5 & 10 roubles 1918.
Pskov. This Russian town was founded in 903 and a several centuries after become the first European republic. It was the best democratic republic in the world at the Medieval period. When France & England, Germany & Denmark, Sweden & Poland (e.t.c.) was a not-democratic kingdoms, Russian Pskow was a heart of the democracy in Europe. Not London or Paris, but Pskow was a father of European democracy in the Medieval period. Well... Pskow - is a Russian national property and pride. 50 roubles 1918, Pskov. Civil War period.
Not only towns and provinces printed their own money, but a separate Russian Armies printed it too. 100 & 1000 roubles 1919, Field Treasury of the Nothern-Western Front (general Nicolas Yudenitch).
Gomel. It's a rather big town in Belorussia Republic. Until the December 1991 it was a one of the Soviet towns. During the Civil War Gomel's municipality printed own money. 5 & 10 roubles 1918.
