Following an unprecedented economic boom fed by foreign investment, the Russian Revolution triggered the worst sovereign default in history. Bankers and Bolsheviks tells the dramatic story of this boom and bust, chronicling the forgotten experiences of leading financiers of the age.Shedding...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Note on the Documents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Revolution and War Communism -- CHAPTER 2. The Old Village and the New Economic Policy -- CHAPTER 3. Smychka: The Bond between City and Village -- CHAPTER 4. Was...

This book gathers selected papers presented at the International Scientific Conference “Economics in the Changing World,” held on June 26-27, 2018 at the Institute of Management, Economics and Finance of Kazan Federal University (Kazan, Russia). The conference featured contributions by...