Tatarstan is an autonomous republic within the
Russian Federation. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 it announced
its sovereignity, which was approved in a referendum in 1992. The Russian
Constitutitutional Court declared the referendum unconstitutional and in 1994 a
treaty was signed formally making Tatarstan a part of the Russian
Republic. In 1993 Tatarstan issued three undated metal circulating ration
tokens in an effort to deal with widespread shortages of necessities. A bronze
token picturing wheat stalks was good for 1 Kilo of bread. Two tokens
were issued for Gasoline (petrol), a bronze token that was good for 10 Liters
of gasoline, and a copper-nickel token that was good for 20 Liters of
gasoline. Both had exactly the same design featuring an oil well
and were the same size. The 10 Liters token was soon withdrawn as
criminals would nickel-plate it and pass it off as a 20 Liter token. The
obverse of all three tokens feature the Söyembikä Tower in Kazan and the name
of the country in Cyrillic.
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