The annual soul tax (levied on all male serfs) amounted to roughly 3 roubles per year.From theCambridge English Corpus
It seems that in 1928-32 sales of vodka in nominal roubles rose almost sixfold, reaching almost 21% of socialist sector trade.From theCambridge English Corpus
Where ' silver ' is not specified, it is assumed that the payment was to be in paper roubles (assignat).From theCambridge English Corpus
The pregnant woman herself was to be reprimanded for the first offence and fined up to 300 roubles for a second offence.From theCambridge English Corpus
After four decades and tens of billions of dollars, pounds, yen, and roubles, this is an odd place to be.From theCambridge English Corpus
Payment was limited to 50 per cent of salary up to 50 roubles and 25 per cent of any wages over that amount.From theCambridge English Corpus
The youngest son was to receive 100 roubles from each brother.From theCambridge English Corpus
Together, these benefits added up on average to about 350,000 roubles per capita.From theCambridge English Corpus
The year 1985 marked the highpoint in trade between the two countries as it reached almost 10 billion roubles.From theCambridge English Corpus
The municipal relief authorities paid them, in cash, one silverrouble15 kopecks a month.From theCambridge English Corpus
One silverroublewas roughly equal to three paper roubles.From theCambridge English Corpus
Furthermore, extra roubles were very useful for enterprise management.From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, the role of theroubleas a store of value was undermined by inflation and periodic (partial) confiscations (such as the 1947 monetary reform).From theCambridge English Corpus
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