Pyotr BarkAugust 1914
Russia suspends redemption of paper rubles in gold as wartime borrowing and currency expansion replace the pre-war convertible monetary regime.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Russia suspends redemption of paper rubles in gold as wartime borrowing and currency expansion replace the pre-war convertible monetary regime.
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