The ruble or rouble (code

ISO 4217

ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...

: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation

Russia

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 and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia

Abkhazia

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 and South Ossetia

South Ossetia

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. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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 and the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 prior to their breakups. Belarus

Belarus

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 and Transnistria

Transnistria

Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

 also use currencies with the same name. The ruble is subdivided into 100 kopek

Kopek

Kopek or Köpek may refer to:*A Kopek, 1/100th of a Ruble*A Kopek, 1/100th of a Ukrainian hryvnia*Kopek , an Irish rock band*Sa'd al-Din Köpek , court administrator under Seljuq Sultans of Rum...

s (sometimes transliterated kopecks, or copecks; , kopéyka; plural: , kopéyki). The ISO 4217 code is RUB or 643; the former code, RUR or 810, refers to the Russian ruble prior to the 1998 denomination

Denomination (currency)

Denomination is a proper description of a currency amount, usually for coins or banknotes. Denominations may also be used with other means of payment like gift cards. See also Redenomination.-Subunit and super unit:...

 (1 RUB = 1000 RUR).

Currently there is no official symbol for the ruble, though the abbreviation руб. is in wide use.