Modern classification of 1 rouble banknotes from 1947 (proposed by Vladimir Zasko in his book and de facto accepted by collectors in the countries of the former USSR).
in chronological order:
I Type - 16 scrolls in the coat of arms, 15 languages in the cartouche (plus Russian)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-uppercase; without gap between letters (AA)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-lowercase; without gap between letters (Aa)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is lowercase-uppercase; without gap between letters (aA)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is lowercase-lowercase; without gap between letters (aa)
- Round serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-uppercase (AA)
- Round serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-lowercase (Aa)
- Round serial letters font; combination of letters is lowercase-uppercase (aA)
- Round serial letters font; combination of letters is lowercase-lowercase (aa)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-uppercase; with gap between letters (A A)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-lowercase; with gap between letters (A a)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is lowercase-uppercase; with gap between letters (a A)
II Type - 15 scrolls in the coat of arms, 14 languages in the cartouche (plus Russian) - 1957 issue
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-uppercase; without gap between letters (AA)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-lowercase (Aa)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is lowercase-uppercase (aA)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is lowercase-lowercase (aa)
- Sharp serial letters font; combination of letters is uppercase-uppercase; with gap between letters (A A)
Also I type has two variants of specimen, II type has 1 variant of specimen and 3 variants of replacement notes