A Full-Value Ruble

The Promise of Prosperity in the Postwar Soviet Union

Kristy Ironside

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$46.00 • £40.95 • €41.95

ISBN 9780674251649

Publication Date: 06/01/2021

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320 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

11 photos, 6 illus.

Harvard Historical Studies

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Note on Currency and on Institutions
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Glossary of Key Terms
Timeline of Important Events
Introduction: The Ruble and Soviet Prosperity
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2. Income Redistribution without “Leveling”
3. Socialist Security
4. All Your Wages in Hand
5. Real Returns
Conclusion: Prosperity Postponed
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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Awards & Accolades

Co-Winner, 2022 W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Honorable Mention, 2022 CAS/Taylor & Francis Book Prize, Canadian Association of Slavists

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