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1915 ... 
1916 i. 
1917 ... 
1918 ... 
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1920... 
1921 
1922... 
1923 ... 
1924... 
1925... 
1926 
crore 86,439 
cree 48,098 
en 30,461 
smi vans» eon 3808 
cre rn 20,780 
rns 6,536 
ne nnn ¥1, 769 
cons 4,563 
orn 17,850 
cnr 30,642 
tts. 30. 8 60 
The 1927 gold production exceeded that of 1926, according to 
unofficial estimates. A number of important measures have recently 
been taken by the Soviet Government to increase gold production, 
The nine former trusts have been united into one large company, the 
“Soyuz-Zoloto” (Union Gold). The “Soyuz-Zoloto” is moderniz- 
ing the mines by installation of new machinery much of which is 
purchased in the United States 
1914-1921 data was taken from “Narodnoye Gosudarstvenoye Khoziaistvo 
(People’s and State Economy of the U.S.S.R.), published in 1923 by the Commis- 
sariat for Finance. 
1922-26 data taken from reports of the Director of the Mint of the United States. 
* Incomplete; Far Eastern region not included, 
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