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