In 1704 Peter the Great introduced the first regular minting of this currency in silver
In the first quarter of the seventeenth century, the Moscow Mint ... ANS owns 
two original specimens in silver and five later copies in silver,... [DOC] [TLE] The Rouble versus the Dollar [PAR] 13th c., but its regular issue and as the basic monetary unit of the Russian state 
date ... from Peter the Great.