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...Russia had a gold deposit valued at $847,500,000. Owing to a London transfer, the Bolsheviki inherited only $582,000,000. Of the last sum, $350,000,000 was transferred to Kazan, where Admiral Kolchak was prompt to seize $340,000,000?all of which was in one way or another dissipated. The Bolsheviki, however, recouped themselves by their victories to the extent of $320,000,000 and, therefore, were the net losers of only $20,000,000. Thus, Communism inherited $562,000,000 worth of Capitalism's estate...
...University of Kazan has presented 100 volumes on scholarly subjects, entirely in Russian. Such material is difficult to procure now, for the Bolshevist government has requisitioned all that it could find of the older writings which are of the most value to the scholar. These books date back to the time of Napoleon...