A Golden Idea

E. Osokina
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This chapter examines how the currency interventions of the New Economic Policy (NEP) are important for Torgsin's story because they allowed Soviet people to enhance their gold and foreign currency savings significantly, and some of these valuables ended up in Torgsin. In 1930, when Torgsin was born, the Soviet population already lived on scarce rations, and mass famine was looming. On June 14, 1931, Narkomfin finally allowed Torgsin to accept tsarist gold coins in payment for its goods. The government needed hard currency and gold, but driven by hunger, it was the people who took the initiative. In this respect, Torgsin, the enterprise to drain people of their wealth, was no less the brainchild of the people who fought to survive than it was a product of resolutions of the country's leadership seeking for currency valuables. However, the true currency revolution happened when the government allowed Torgsin to accept personal and household items made of gold. The chapter then provides a comparison between Torgsin and the state rationing system of the same period.
黄金点子
本章考察了新经济政策(NEP)的货币干预对托尔钦的故事的重要性,因为它们使苏联人民大大增加了他们的黄金和外币储蓄,其中一些贵重物品最终流入了托尔钦。1930年,当托尔金出生时,苏联人口已经靠稀缺的口粮生活,大规模饥荒迫在眉睫。1931年6月14日,Narkomfin终于允许托尔钦接受沙皇的金币作为其货物的支付。政府需要硬通货和黄金,但在饥饿的驱使下,是人民采取了主动。在这方面,托尔辛这个榨干人们财富的企业,既是为生存而战的人们的创意,也是国家领导层寻求货币价值的决议的产物。然而,真正的货币革命发生在政府允许托尔钦接受金制的个人和家庭物品时。然后,本章对托尔沁与同时期的国家配给制度进行了比较。
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