History's greatest heist : the looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks /

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"Historians have never resolved a central mystery of the Russian Revolution: How did the Bolsheviks, despite facing a world of enemies and leaving nothing but economic ruin in their path, manage to stay in power through five long years of civil war? In this book, Sean McMeekin draws on previous...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McMeekin, Sean, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
1917-1936
Finance, Public > Soviet Union > History.
Pillage > Soviet Union > History.
Finances publiques > URSS > Histoire.
Pillage > URSS > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Finance, Public.
Pillage.
Politics and government
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936.
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1917-1936.
Soviet Union.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : the patrimony of imperial Russia
  • Introduction to Bolshevik gold : the nature of a forgotten problem
  • The heist
  • The banks
  • The people
  • The Gokhran
  • The church
  • Cashing in
  • Brest-Litovsk and the diplomatic bag
  • Blockade
  • Stockholm
  • London
  • Rapallo
  • Epilogue : from Stockholm to Sotheby's.

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