Two thousand rubles

In February 2015, the PROVODA advertising agency initiated the collection of signatures on a petition to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation with a request to issue a new banknote of two thousand rubles with the image of Vladivostok on it. The idea of ​​the initiative was the song of the group Mumiy Troll " Vladivostok 2000 " ^{[3] [4]} . In response, the Far Eastern Main Directorate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation officially announced that a banknote of two thousand rubles will not be issued in Russia, since the nominal number of banknotes of the Bank of Russia fully meets the needs of cash circulation ^[5] . In August 2015, the Xinhua Chinese news agency published news about the official circulation of the Russian ruble on a par with the yuan in the border district of Suifenhe , reinforcing the news with an image of two thousand rubles banknote that did not exist at that time ^[6] .

In 2016, the Bank of Russia announced a symbol contest for new banknotes in denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles, which was held from June to October. Announcement of the winners of the competition was published on the site your-russia.rf ^[7] . The winners were announced the participants of the "Far East" and "Sevastopol". It was also announced that the winners of the competition will be depicted on banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles. Which of the two winners will be shown on a banknote of 200 rubles, and which on a banknote of 2000 rubles, should have been determined by the Bank of Russia Board of Directors. Symbols of the Far East were chosen Vostochny Cosmodrome and the bridge to the Russian island . The symbols of Sevastopol were Tauric Chersonesos and the Monument to the Scuttled Ships . The results of the competition were announced on October 7, 2016 on the live television channel " Russia 1 " ^[8] .

On February 1, 2017, a message appeared on the Bank of Russia website that the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia decided to issue banknotes in denominations of 200 (an image of Khersones and a monument to the sunken ships) and 2,000 rubles (a bridge to Russky Island and Vostochny Cosmodrome) ^[9] .

On October 12, 2017, new banknotes were put into circulation ^[1] .

In June 2017, the First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Russia Georgy Luntovsky addressed the press with a message that new technologies will be used in banknotes of a new type that will affect the security and convenience of using banknotes for blind and visually impaired people ^{[10] [11]} .

When creating banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles, Segoe Ui font from Microsoft was used ^[12] .

The Goznak enterprise has developed the Banknote 2017 mobile application, which allows you to learn more about the design and authenticity of new banknotes, as well as using a mobile device’s camera to check each specific banknote for security elements ^[13] . The application can be installed only on a small number of the most modern devices. On the banknotes on the front side there is a QR code with a link to the page of the Central Bank with a description of the protective elements of banknotes ^[14] .

Banknote Protection Elements

The banknote is printed on paper made of cotton with polymer impregnation in which polymer colored gray fibers are embedded, and with areas of red and blue colors fluorescent orange in ultraviolet light, as well as a metallized ribbon with holographic inscriptions visible on the front side of the banknote in the shape-shaped windows and to the clearance ^{[15] [16] [17]} . A series (two letters of the Russian alphabet and a number (9 digits) of a banknote are displayed on the reverse side 2 times.

On the banknote there are images visible to the naked eye :

in the visible spectrum ^{[18] [19] [20]} :

• on the front side: the coat of arms of Russia , the Russian bridge with cars on it and a ship under it, a flying gull above the bridge, a stylized image of the Russian bridge against the background of the sun and waves, the building of the Far Eastern Federal University ;
• on the reverse side: the launch complex of the Vostochny spaceport, the outline of the geographical map of the Russian Far East , the silhouette of the Far Eastern leopard ;

in the infrared range ^{[21] [15]} :

• from the front: a stylized image of the Russian bridge against the background of the sun and waves;
• on the reverse side: the silhouette of the Far Eastern leopard;

in the ultraviolet range ^[22] : the fluorescent orange ruble symbol (₽) in a circle on the front side.

Also, the banknote contains the following security features (some of the additional security features that are common to all banknotes with a face value of 2000 rubles of the 2017 model are listed) ^{[22] [15] [18] [23]} :

• to light: a watermark with lighter and darker areas with a stylized image of the Russian bridge against the background of the sun and waves and the face value "2000", light lettering "Central Bank of the Russian Federation" on a dark background of a metallized ribbon;
• embossed, tactile elements of the front side: triple strokes at the edges, dark and color-changing numbers “2000”, the inscriptions “TICKET OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA” and “TWO THOUSAND RUBLES”;
• elements with optical variable effects on the front side:

- color-changing inscription on the front side: when viewed at an acute angle to the banknote plane, the color changes of the numbers of one of the three denominations “2000” (on a plain shaded background with the outline inscription “RUSSIA”);

- in the stylized image of the Russian bridge against the background of the sun and waves, the reflective colored ring against the background of the sun “moves” depending on the viewing angle;

- a latent image of the ruble symbol with the KIPP effect , a dark or light symbol becomes visible on a light or dark background when viewed from an acute angle to the banknote plane from different sides;

- alternating dark symbols “₽” and light numbers “2000” are visible at a right angle on a metallized ribbon, when changing the angle of view, each digit of the numbers “2000” “moves” in different directions, at some angles of view, each number “2000” is replaced by two symbols "₽" on a rainbow background;

• background images are formed by the microtexts “VLADIVOSTOK”, “2000RUBLEY”, “2000”, “BANKRUSSIONS”, “COSMODROMVOSTOCHNY” and graphic microelements on the themes of space (spacesuit, stars, planets, etc.), flora and fauna of the Far East (parts of plants , animals), seas (helms, seagulls, boat, etc.);
• additional elements that are also visible in infrared light are darker: on the front side is a stylized image of the Russian bridge against the background of the sun and waves, the visible part of the metallized ribbon, 5 rectangles near the dark value of "2000" (invisible in infrared light), part of the background of the light value of "2000 ”, On the back there is the background and silhouette of the Far Eastern leopard (with a light outline), series and banknote numbers.

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  "Moving" ring

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  To the light

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  Visible Far Eastern Leopard

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  Embossed text

After the issue, the banknote was criticized. It was noted that it is very similar to a banknote of 20 euros , and the island of Sakhalin is depicted as a peninsula ^[24] .

Designer Artemy Lebedev criticized the design of new banknotes in denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles. In particular, he called the minuses of new banknotes voids, “a bridge to nowhere”, bad computer effects and clip art ^[25] .

• Two hundred rubles
• Vladivostok 2000

• Nabiullina announced the circulation of banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles
• Description of the 2000-ruble banknote of the sample of 2017 and its security features on the website of the Central Bank of Russia