Russian Assignation Bank

The former Saint Petersburg building of the Assignation Bank, lately the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics

The Russian Assignation Bank or State Assignation Bank (Russian: Государственный ассигнационный банк), sometimes referred to as Assignat Bank,[1]: 555  was a bank of issue in the Russian Empire, established in early 1769 by Catherine the Great. In terms of volume of issuance, it was the largest of its time, well ahead of the Bank of England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[2]: 264  It was abolished in 1817 and partly replaced by the State Commercial Bank of the Russian Empire.[3]

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  3. ^ "The State Bank of the Russian Empire Established - 12 June 1860". Presidential Library of the Russian Federation.