Money of the Russian Revolution
Title | Money of the Russian Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Mikhail V. Khodjakov |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2014-11-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1443871478 |
During the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Civil War, more than twenty thousand kinds of banknotes were used throughout the vast expanse of the former Russian Empire. At that time, money was issued not only by the official authorities, such as the Imperial Government, the Provisional Government, and, later, the Bolshevik Government, but also by Generals Denikin, Wrangel, and Yudenich, Admiral Kolchak, Atamans Semyonov and Petliura, Hetman Skoropadskyi, and many other great and small rulers of Russia. Russian money was manufactured in Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. To some degree, money served as a manifesto of the issuing government, reflected in the various symbols depicted on the banknotes. Using new archival data, this book expands and, in a number of cases, revises the well-established view of the daily life of people during the Revolution, and dispels the settled myth about how the natural economy prevailed in the years of the Russian Civil War. The book presents unique illustrations taken from the author’s private collection: the “Romanov” banknotes; postage stamps used as currency; “Duma” money; and 1917 banknotes known as “kerenkies”, “morzhovkies”, “tchaikovkies”, “Northern rubles”, “krylatkies”, “rodzyankies”, “the Don rubles”, and “kolchakovkies”. Some of these banknote designs were made by well-known Russian artists, such as Ivan Bilibin, Sergey Chekhonin, and Georgy Narbut. The book is addressed to historians, economists, and all readers interested in Russian history and economy.
The Eastern Front 1914-1917
Title | The Eastern Front 1914-1917 PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Stone |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 2008-06-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0141938854 |
'Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship, Stone's boldly conceived and brilliantly executed book opened the eyes of a generation of young British historians raised on tales of the Western trenches to the crucial importance of the Eastern Front in the First World War' Niall Ferguson 'Scholarly, lucid, entertaining, based on a thorough knowledge of Austrian and Russian sources, it sharply revises traditional assumptions about the First World War.' Michael Howard
The Most for the Money, 1917
Title | The Most for the Money, 1917 PDF eBook |
Author | Dingee And Conard Company |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2018-09-11 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 9781396114779 |
Excerpt from The Most for the Money, 1917: Roses, Cannas and Decorative Plants of All Kinds Price of American Beauty Rose in extra strong, one-year-old plants, 250 each; 5 for larger size, 350 each; 3 for postpaid; extra heavy, two year-old plants, 600 each. Still larger or Specimen Star size, 750 each. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Monthly Bulletin
Title | Monthly Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | San Francisco (Calif.). Free Public Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal) |
ISBN |
The American Contractor
Title | The American Contractor PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1194 |
Release | 1918 |
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In the Wake of Empire
Title | In the Wake of Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Anatol Shmelev |
Publisher | Hoover Press |
Pages | 449 |
Release | 2021-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0817924264 |
Even as a country ceases to be a great power, the concept of it as a great power can continue to influence decision making and policy formulation. This book explores how such a process took place in Russia from 1917 through 1920, when the Bolshevik coup of November 1917 led to the creation of two regimes: the Bolshevik "Reds" and the anti-Bolshevik "Whites." As Reds consolidated their one-party dictatorship and nursed global ambitions, Whites struggled to achieve a different vision for the future of Russia. Anatol Shmelev illuminates the White campaign with fresh purpose and through information from the Hoover Institution Archives, exploring how diverse White factions overcame internal tensions to lobby for recognition on the world stage, only to fail—in part because of the West's desire to leave "the Russian question" to Russians alone. In the Wake of Empire examines the personalities, institutions, political culture, and geostrategic concerns that shaped the foreign policy of the anti-Bolshevik governments and attempts to define the White movement through them. Additionally, Shmelev provides a fascinating psychological study of the factors that ultimately doomed the White effort: an irrational and ill-placed faith in the desire of the Allies to help them, and wishful thinking with regard to their own prospects that obscured the reality around them.
Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, on the Proposed Revenue Act of 1918
Title | Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, on the Proposed Revenue Act of 1918 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1316 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Postal service |
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