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  2. History of communism in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Efforts to build communism in Russia began after the success of the February Revolution in 1917, and ended with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. The Provisional Government was established under the liberal and social-democratic government; however, the Bolsheviks refused to accept the government and revolted in October 1917 , taking control ...

  3. Repudiation of debt at the Russian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Germany, France, Great Britain and Tsarist Russia had been preparing for war for a long time. Military spending was enormous and financially catastrophic for the Russian government. [citation needed] Between the beginning of the war and Bolsheviks’ accession to power, the debt soared to £3,385 million, about 3.5 times what it had been ...

  4. Currency strap - Wikipedia

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    Two stacks of 100 20 euro notes and one stack of 100 50 euro notes delivered to a bureau de change by G4S. A currency card, cash strap, currency band, money band, banknote strap or bill strap is a simple paper device designed to hold a specific denomination and number of banknotes. [1] It can also refer to the bundle itself. [2]

  5. History of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The few remaining Soviet institutions that had not been taken over by Russia ceased to function by the end of 1991. Following the dissolution, Russia was internationally recognized [109] as the USSR's legal successor on the international stage. To that end, Russia voluntarily accepted all Soviet foreign debt and claimed Soviet overseas ...

  6. History of the Russian Federation - Wikipedia

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    Russia's GDP by purchasing power parity (PPP) from 1991 to 2019 (in international dollars) Russian male life expectancy from 1980 to 2007. With the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and COMECON and other treaties that served to bind its satellite states to the Soviet Union, the conversion of the world's largest state-controlled economy into a market-oriented economy would have been ...

  7. Why Are There So Many New $50 Bills in Circulation - AOL

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    If you ranked the popularity of American currency, $50 bills would probably land somewhere near the bottom. Trying to spend one at a store isn't always easy because stores might not want to make...

  8. Until the pandemic, the $50 had been one of the rarest bills ordered for years, save for the $2 bill. But for 2021 and 2022, the Fed ordered up mor e $50s than $10s and $5s.

  9. History of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.