First, the Russians themselves chose, where the two banknotes of the Bank of Russia, reports life.ru
Friday night ended with the vote for the choice of symbols for new notes within 200 and 2000 rubles. Earlier on 7 October were named the winners of the online voting for the symbols of the new banknotes — the most votes won the Sevastopol and Kazan (more than 428 thousand and approximately 422 thousand, respectively). Far East ranked third, followed by Sochi and Volgograd. However, during a telephone vote in a live TV channel “Russia” the far East can beat Kazan.
This region is represented by two symbol — Russian bridge of Vladivostok and Vostochny cosmodrome in Tsiolkovsky. In the first stage, the Russians chose the city and the characters, and while many are attracted to Vladivostok. Given that the popular group “Mumiy Troll” one of the hits is the song “Vladivostok 2000”, many wanted to see a bill. After voting hit the Far East (no particular city), the interest in version two thousandth bill and song verse.
“We all remember the song “Vladivostok 2000” — said after the vote, and the Chairman of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, answering the question of what specific bills will be selected for winners.
By tradition, the modern banknotes of Russia are used, the types of cities and symbolic objects. So it will be this time. Two notes — two cities, four symbols, symbolizing Russia: its history and culture, technical advances, natural resources, reported the Bank of Russia. The launch of the new banknotes, the Bank of Russia was declared Cosmonautics day — April 12, and the vote began in June.
The excitement was serious: for example, for the far East campaigned Ilya Lagutenko, Murmansk supported the “nuclear shield” of the country, Rosatom state Corporation, Sochi touting Olympic Champions of 2012, and Kazan encouraged to vote, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Long the leading Volgograd defeated by Patriotic and monumental sculpture “Motherland-mother” — the symbol of victory in the great Patriotic war. But victory could only two cities.
Sebastopol recently returned to the borders of the Russian Federation. Voting was offered the monument to the scuttled ships and the ancient city of Tauric Chersonese in Sevastopol. Monument to the scuttled ships — the main symbol of Sevastopol, it is staged in honor of the beginning of the Crimean war, when during the first defense of Sevastopol in the Bay were flooded and 15 sailing ships. The monument was built in 1905, was a sculptor Amandus Adamson.
Kazan “were” with the Kremlin of Kazan and the Volga Federal University. The ancient Kremlin is located near the mosque and the Orthodox Church. “Isn’t that the best symbol of multinational Russia!?”, — said in Kazan.
When will release?
The Central Bank said that in Russia at last will appear “this is people’s bill”. Presumably, the new banknotes will be available in spring 2017. As previously reported by life, the banks are preparing their receiving terminals and devices to the new banknotes. Most of them will reprogram the ATMs as soon as the Central Bank will provide the necessary data for protective and readable signs.
Recall that the first banknote 200 rubles appeared in 1991, but due to the growing inflation, the cost of banknotes depreciated rapidly. The last time the bills 200 rubles were introduced in the country in 1993, later produced only for commemorative coins. Bill 2000 rubles in Russia were not previously released.
