Always an important subject wheverever you go...money! The monetary means in Russia is the ruble. The name comes from the Russian verb "rubit" which means "to chop." Historically, a ruble was a piece of a certain weight of silver that had been chopped off the bar. Their paper money is color coded, and much like our dollars, Russia puts pictures of its famouse early leaders on their currency. According to the American Medical Clinic in Moscow, they charge 20,000 rubles to have a doctor come to the orphanage to examine your child. I'm sure that doesn't include travel expenses. That exchange rate comes out to around $650. You will need 300 rubles to buy a $10 hamburger. For your viewing pleasure, I've included some pictures of the Russian ruble to round out our lesson for today. (Russia no longer prints a 5 ruble but you can still use it to purchase things if you have one...isn't that kinda like our $2 bill...or is it the $1000 bill??)
PS. . .the 10 Ruble is all about Krasnoyarsk Krai! It has the Chapel on the hill, the hydroelectric dam and other interesting things on it having to do with the mineral mining. . .they don't mention the MIG factory or the "secret" Nuclear plant in Sosnovoborsk. But, then Sosnovoborsk wasn't a known town until recently!! : ) I'll send you a picture of the 10 ruble. . .the chapel is affectionately known as 10 Ruble Church! : /
ReplyDeleteI am loving the Russian lessons Shelly! :)
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