Prologue : the patrimony of imperial Russia -- Introduction to Bolshevik gold : the nature of a forgotten problem -- The heist -- The banks -- The people -- The Gokhran -- The church -- Cashing in -- Brest-Litovsk and the diplomatic bag -- Blockade -- Stockholm -- London -- Rapallo -- Epilogue :...

Local Control and Global Access -- Episode 1 : Dividing the Debris of the Soviet Colossus, 1987-94 -- Episode 2 : The Oligarchs Embrace Openness, 1995-98 -- Episode 3 : State Capitalism Goes Global,1999-2008 -- Coda : Financial Openness as a Mainstay of Kleptocratic Capitalism, 2009-2020 --...

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...

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...