State Bank of the USSR
Former head office of the Gosbank in Moscow, originally the branch of the State Bank of the Russian Empire | |
| Headquarters | 12 Neglinnaya str., Moscow, Soviet Union |
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| Established | October 1921 |
| Dissolved | 1 March 1992 |
| Central bank of | Soviet Union |
| Currency | Soviet ruble SUR (ISO 4217) |
| Preceded by | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
| Succeeded by | Central Bank of Russia |
The State Bank of the USSR (Russian: Государственный банк СССР, romanized: Gosudarstvennyy bank SSSR), known as the State Bank of the RSFSR from 1921 to 1923, and commonly referred to as Gosbank (Russian: Госбанк), was the central bank and main component of the single-tier banking system of the Soviet Union. It replaced the State Bank of the Russian Empire, and following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was absorbed by the Central Bank of Russia in 1992.
Gosbank was one of the three main Soviet economic authorities, the other two being Gosplan (the State Planning Committee) and Gossnab (the State Committee for Material Technical Supply). It closely collaborated with the Soviet Ministry of Finance to prepare the national state budget.