Money of the Russian Revolution : 1917-1920 / by Mikhail V. Khodjakov ; editor Alex Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khodjakov, Mikhail V., author.

Contributor:

Lane, Alex (Editor), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money--Russia (Federation)--History--20th century.

Money.

History.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Economic condition--1917-1945.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xiv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Government-issued Currency 1917-20

Chapter 1 Money Circulation in Russia in 1917 2

Chapter 2 Money in "the time of troubles": Finance in the "war communism" Period, 1918-20 25

Chapter 3 "Tsar money" for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat: Manufacture and Use of "Romanov" Banknotes during Soviet Rule 51

Part II Money of the White Guard

Chapter 4 Money Circulation in the Russian North 74

Chapter 5 "Army money" in the North-West of Russia: Emissions of Generals A.E. Vandam, A.P. Rodzyanko and N.N. Yudenich 102

Chapter 6 The Finances of Generals A.I. Denikin and P.N. Wrangel 122

Chapter 7 Money of Admiral A.V. Kolchak, the Supreme Ruler of Russia, and Ataman G.M. Semyonov 145

Part III Money in the Everyday Life of Russian Population

Chapter 8 "Rich" and Poor 178

Chapter 9 Counterfeiting during the Russian Revolution and the Civil War 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1443866814

9781443866811

OCLC:

897091918

Publisher Number:

99961625659