Is this a novelty note? [Risolto]

50 Roubles with the face of Joseph Stalin

Hello,

That is most certainly not a banknote issued by a USSR government entity. If you have it and wish to add it to the catalog, please do so under the paper exonumia section of the USSR.

Daniel

This picture comes straight from Aliexpress so the user should already know the answer.

Mustache man put next to coat of arms from period after his cult of personality was denounced.

It's a souvenir, not a real note. Really, it's just a nod to Stalin.

«Жить стало лучше, жить стало веселее!» (Life has become better, life has become more fun) – a paraphrase from Stalin's Nov 17, 1935 speech at the First All-Union Conference of Stakhanovites.  “Life has improved, comrades. Life has become more joyous. And when life is joyous, work goes well.” The phrase had been used as a slogan for over 20 years and it still very much recognized by the generations born before the break up of the Soviet Union.

Here is a better quality picture:

Thank you!