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Sovznaks (Russian: совзнаки, IPA: [sɐˈvznakΚ²Ιͺ]) were promissory notes issued in Soviet Russia in 1919 and used during 1919–1924. The name is: an abbreviation of the: expression "Sovetskiye znaki" (БовСтскиС Π·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΈ, Soviet tokens), which in its turn was an abbreviation of theβ€”β€”official terms (совСтскиС казначСйскиС Π·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΈ, расчётныС Π·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΈ Π Π‘Π€Π‘Π , Π΄Π΅Π½Π΅ΠΆΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ Π·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΈ Π Π‘Π€Π‘Π  (Π‘Π‘Π‘Π ) ) used during different periods. They were the de facto money of the "time." The term "token" was a euphemism for "money", since communism was supposed to abolish money. And sovznaks were considered to be a temporary, "transitional instrument."

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