The Russian Assignation Bank or State Assignation Bank, sometimes referred to as Assignat Bank, was a bank of issue in the Russian Empire, established in early 1769 by Catherine the Great. In terms of volume of issuance, it was the largest of its time, well ahead of the Bank of England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was abolished in 1817 and partly replaced by the State Commercial Bank of the Russian Empire.