Voting for 1,000 banknote symbols completed

The voters’ preferences were distributed among 25 sites of the federal district put to the vote. The majority voted for Meteor, a hydrofoil boat developed for high-speed passenger transportation; the Agricultural Palace; the Saratov Bridge; the Monument to Salavat Yulaev; the main building of the Kazan Federal University; the Zhigulyovskaya Hydraulic Power Station; the Mother Patroness Monument; the State Memorial and Architectural Complex ‘Memorial Estate of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’; the State Lermontov Museum-Preserve Tarkhany, and the Erzya Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts.

‘Now, it is for the artists of the Bank of Russia and Goznak to decide which sites to choose. They are to create a harmonious composition of symbols preferred by the public, while combining these symbols with security elements,’ noted Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina. ‘At first, the artists are to decide which symbols will be at the fore and at the background, how many symbols to choose, and what can be put as micro images. The artists will prepare design sketches. The final version to be the basis for the new banknote will be selected by the Bank of Russia Board of Directors’.

The Bank of Russia will present the upgraded 1,000-ruble banknote at the end of 2025 at the Russia National Centre that helped organise the voting.

The obverse of the banknote with Nizhny Novgorod sites was presented last year and will remain unchanged.

The Bank of Russia has already issued the modified 100- and 5,000-ruble banknotes. Furthermore, the Bank of Russia plans to upgrade the 10-, 50- and 500-ruble banknotes. Symbols for these banknotes will also be selected with the participation of the expert community and taking into consideration people’s preferences.