The tenga was the currency of Bukhara until 1920. It was subdivided into 10 falus. It was replaced by the Russian ruble at a rate of 1 ruble = 5 tenga. Bukhara (Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); بُخارا /Bukhârâ/ in Persian, Buhe/Puhe Tang Chinese, Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of... The ruble or rouble (Russian рубль, plural рубля (for numbers ending in 2, 3 or 4) or рублей; see note on spelling below) is the name of the currencies of the Russian Federation and Belarus (and formerly, of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire). ...