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Definition of Kopek

1. Noun. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia.

Definition of Kopek

1. Noun. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. ¹

2. Noun. Same as kopiyka, a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kopek

1. kopeck [n -S] - See also: kopeck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kopek

Literary usage of Kopek

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Second Russian Book: A Practical Manual of Russian Verbs by Nevill Forbes (1916)
"... got on you a 5-kopek ... (a 5-kopek, W-kopek, 15-kopek, W-kopek ... a 5Q-kopek, 1 rouble silver ..."

2. Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: A Study of Historical Biography by Eugene Schuyler (1884)
"In the time of the Tsar Alexis, an attempt was made to reform the currency with advantage to the State, by diminishing the size of the kopek, and at the ..."

3. What to Do?: Thoughts Evoked by the Census of Moscow by Leo Tolstoy (1887)
"The old man exhibited in his hand two three-kopek pieces and one kopek. Semyon looked at them, was about to take the kopek, but thought better of it, ..."

4. What to Do?: Thoughts Evoked by the Census of Moscow by Leo Tolstoy (1887)
"The old man exhibited in his hand two three-kopek pieces and one kopek. Semyon looked at them, was about to take the kopek, but thought better of it, ..."

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