karbovanets

Noun

karbovanets (plural karbovanets or karbovantsi or karbovantsiv)

1. The monetary unit of Ukraine from 1917 to 1920, 1942 to 1945, and 1991 to 1996.
   • The Central Powers secured the transfer to themselves of 1,600,000,000 karbovantsi (Ukrainian rubles), which were being printed in Berlin, and in return placed at the disposal of the Ukrainian Government marks and crowns at the rate of 0.85 karbovanets for the mark and 0.50 karbovanets for the...1928, Gustav Gratz, Richard Schüller, translated by W[alter] Alison Phillips, “The Economic Provisions of the Treaties of Brest-Litovsk”, in The Economic Policy of Austria-Hungary during the War in...
   • According to Semen Yakovich (about him you will learn later) Ivan Ivanovich is an exemplary member of such and such a board, or of such and such a trust. It is true that his salary is two hundred and fifty karbovantsi, but one can speak of this amount only when one does not count such various small...1960, Mykola Khvylovy, translated by George S[tephen] N[estor] Luckyj, “Ivan Ivanovich”, in Stories from the Ukraine (A Philosophical Paperback), New York, N.Y.: Philosophical Library, published...