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History's Greatest Heist: The Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks
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- UPC
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- ISBN
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- Book Title
- History's Greatest Heist : the Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Public Finance, Modern / 20th Century
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 24.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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How Lenin's regime turned Russia's priceless cultural patrimony into armored cars, trains, planes, and machine guns Historians have never resolved a central mystery of the Russian Revolution: How did the Bolsheviks, despite facing a world of enemies and leaving nothing but economic ruin in their path, manage to stay in power through five long years of civil war? In this penetrating book, Sean McMeekin draws on previously undiscovered materials from the Soviet Ministry of Finance and other European and American archives to expose some of the darkest secrets of Russia's early days of communism. Building on one archival revelation after another, the author reveals how the Bolsheviks financed their aggression through astonishingly extensive thievery. Their looting included everything from the cash savings of private citizens to gold, silver, diamonds, jewelry, icons, antiques, and artwork. By tracking illicit Soviet financial transactions across Europe, McMeekin shows how Lenin's regime accomplished history's greatest heist between 1917 and 1922 and turned centuries of accumulated wealth into the sinews of class war. McMeekin also names names, introducing for the first time the compliant bankers, lawyers, and middlemen who, for a price, helped the Bolsheviks launder their loot, impoverish Russia, and impose their brutal will on millions.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300135580
ISBN-13
9780300135589
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66268457
Product Key Features
Book Title
History's Greatest Heist : the Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Public Finance, Modern / 20th Century
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hj1208.M36 2008
Reviews
Received Honorable Mention for the 2010 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize, sponsored by the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, and awarded by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-022100
Dewey Decimal
336.47/09041
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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