Russian Provisional Government had been existing only for several months of 1917, but it printed and prepared a lot of new bank notes. And some of these notes had swastikas on them. Why did it happen? The fylfot was quite popular in Russia at that time, it ment freedom, luck and prosperity as some sources say. Also there is a hypothesis that swastikas appeared on bank notes because the Minister-Chairman of Provisional Government A. F. Kerensky was a mason. Below you can see several examples of such notes. The notes of 1000, 5000 and 10000 roubles denomination were printed by the Soviet government from the cliches prepeared by Provisional Government, their front side has no swastikas painted, only the back side has.



250 roubles, 1917
real size 175 x 104 mm
 250 roubles, front side: 112,80 Kb 250 roubles, back side: 129,61 Kb
1000 roubles, 1917, issued in 1919
real size 212 x 132 mm
 1000 roubles, front side: 138,13 Kb 1000 roubles, back side: 131,93 Kb
5000 roubles, 1918, issued in 1919
real size 212 x 132 mm
 5000 roubles, front side: 109,42 Kb 5000 roubles, back side: 146,72 Kb
10000 roubles, 1918, issued in 1919
real size 212 x 132 mm
 10000 roubles, front side: 114,44 Kb 10000 roubles, back side: 134,50 Kb


We have exhibited only the notes which we managed to find and scan ourselves, and we made images clearer and larger than these in other places. But the main point is that we pay attention only the fact of the swastika presense on bank notes.