Russian gold

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Identifikator:: 1772009490

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-156190

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Russian gold

Place of publication:: [New York]

Publisher:: Amtorg Trading Corporation, Information Department

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: 72 S.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Russian Gold Reserve before and during the World and Civil Wars (1883-1921)

Collection:: Economics Books

32,800 kilograms, consisting of an alloy of gold and silver, were deposited for safekeeping at the Branch of the State Bank ‘in that city. The remaining 151,438 kilograms were utilized as a basis for credit operations, having been either sold or deposited as security. The sales effected in 1919 included 53,005 kilograms of ‘gold (68,261,497 rubles equal to $35,154,671), which were distributed as follows: To the French Government, in May “British “ “ British and French in July Japanese Government, in August “ “ in September French $+ Fra 0 ZB Leeserivinaniosvins 2,661,185 10,898,182 14,758,114 13,669,381 10,650,254 15,889,881 rubles 68,281,497 There was deposited as security a total of 98,433 kilograms, of a value of 126,765,304 rubles ($65,284,132). This amount included 31,680,765 rubles ($16,315,504) as security for credits of 30,000,000 yen opened in Japan, 90,860,437 rubles ($46,793,125) for the operations with the Anglo-American Syndicate, and 4,224,102 rubles for the purchase of rifles and machine guns n America. Tae God EvacuaTep From OMSK At the time of the evacuation of Omsk there was thus left, out of the original old stock of 645,256,387 rubles ($332,307,039) an amount of 408,189,912 rubles ($210,217,805), which was loaded in the days from October 28th to November 8th, 1919, on a special train containing 40 cars.. Admiral Kolchak’s trains denoted by the letters A, B, C, D, E, and the armored train left Omsk during the day.of November 12 and in the following night. Omsk was occupied on November 15. The Admiral had left on train B, while the General Staff, the Exchequer, and the guard were carried on trains A, C, Dy E. At Tatarskaya station train B ran into the train which carried the gold, and a fire broke out, which destroyed eight cars; 80 men of the guard were killed and 30 were injured. Several cases with gold were lost, and after the load of the destroyed cars had been placed in other cars, the trains arrived at their destination, Novo-Nikolaevsk, where they remained until Dec- ember 4. On that date, after a series of incidents, it became. pos- sible to dispatch the trains further easward. The Czechs, who had been seizing all locomotives for the evacuation of their troops. refused to place at Admiral Kolchak’s disposal the seven locomotives 0)

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