Word: rublee
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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The German mark goes galloping down, and has now passed the point of 5,000 for a dollar. At its present rate it must soon overtake the Russian ruble hitherto the unquestioned leader in the progress toward infinite nonentity.
"Trotzky," said Lenin, "now that we have given all the little Russians their Vodka back again, they won't give a ruble if they have us, will they?"
At all events, according to a recent article published in the New York Times, the odds seem rather in favor of the Government. Encouraged by state propaganda and the prospect of exchanging paper of somewhat uncertain value for flour at a good bargain, the Russian certificate-holders bid fair to...
Whatever doubts there may have been in the public mind as to the success of the Genoa conference have been set at rest by the news that the Russian Ballet is to take part. Certainly if the Russian nation has a leg to stand on, that leg belongs to the...