Stalin's quest for gold : the Torgsin hard-currency shops and Soviet industrialization

Stalin's quest for gold the Torgsin hard-currency shops and Soviet industrialization

'Stalin's Quest for Gold' tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising the hard currency needed to finance the USSR's ambitious industrialization program. At a time of desperate scarcity, Torgsin had access to the country's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Osokina, E. A. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2021.
Colección:Cornell scholarship online.
Materias:
Torgsin.
Chain stores > Soviet Union.
Currency question > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Economic policy.
Soviet Union > Economic conditions > 1917-1945.
Soviet Union > Social conditions > 1917-1945.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009850338306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The birth of Torgsin
  • A golden idea
  • The Torgsin empire
  • The red directors of Torgsin: the political commissar
  • Why did Stalin need Torgsin?
  • Gold
  • The red directors of Torgsin: the spy
  • Silver
  • Diamonds and platinum
  • Send dollars to Torgsin!
  • What's for sale?
  • The buyers in the interiors
  • Prices
  • Soviet brothels
  • Torgsin and the political police
  • The seller is always right
  • The red directors of Torgsin: the "SR"
  • Twilight
  • The sorcerer's stone: the alchemy of Soviet industrialization
  • The paradox of Torgsin

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