Word: rublee
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Technical assistance for underdeveloped countries-"not a single red ruble."
R. W. RUBLE
Featuring news of British armed forces English lessons and sport news, the twelve-page Ally soon made a hit with Russians. By steering clear of politics, it also avoided official Soviet criticism. Even after the war Ally's course was smooth, although it occasionally quoted anti-Russian comments in...
The recent decrees devaluating the ruble and reducing prices were signed by Stalin and Malenkov. Last November, on the 32nd anniversary of the October Revolution, Malenkov was orator of the day-an honor accorded to Zhdanov in 1946, to Molotov in 1947 and 1948. On Stalin's 70th birthday...
More significant than the foreign-exchange ruble ruffle was the simultaneous (but unrelated) cut in Russian domestic prices. More than 200 consumer items were marked down, ranging from 10% on milk to 30% on bread and beef. The cuts undoubtedly reflected a genuine increase in Russian production, and were good...