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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Saor Alba, post: 743511, member: 21607&quot;]I actually have a fairly decent collection of Russia/Soviet/USSR/Russia notes - I just never occasioned to image them all.&nbsp; The Russian Revolution then Civil War is one of the more fascinatingly perplexing studies in history where there were so many factors at play, each with their own unique agenda&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my favourite notes from then independent Armenia, a lovely note printed by Waterlow and Sons in London - and an unusually high quality printing considering the conditions under which it was issued and when:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/armenia/armenia2501919.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the reason I had to have this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/armenia/armenia2501919dtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Transcaucasian region was and still is very much a heady part of the world - there being an ethnic brew along the lines of the former Yugoslavia with a wide and varied mix of ethnicities, religions and differing political opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another note from that region, this from Russia proper, but in Transcaucasia from the Vladikavkaz Railroad - with a wonderful map of the region:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/russia/russiacaucaususvladikavkazrr50.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/russia/russiacaucaususvladikavkazrr50dtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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