The Ruble: A Political History 9780197663714, 0197663710

A groundbreaking history of Russia, from empire to the Soviet era, viewed through the lens of its money. Money seems pa

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Table of contents :
Cover
The Ruble
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Ruble’s Stories
Part I
1. Assignats: From Paper Substitutes to Paper Money
2. Autocracy or Representation? The Political Philosophy of Money in the Age of Napoleon and After
3. The End of Assignats
Part II
4. Paper Money in the Era of the “Great Reforms”
5. Ruble’s Wars
Part III
6. Witte’s Rollercoaster
7. The Autocratic Standard
8. Practicing the Gold Standard
Part IV
9. The Gold Syndrome
10. War and the End of the Gold Ruble
11. A Revolution That Did Not Happen
Epilogue: The Ruble That Cannot Be Spent
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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