History's Greatest Heist : The Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks by Sean McMeekin (2008, Hardcover) online kaufen

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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300135580

ISBN-139780300135589

eBay Product ID (ePID)66268457

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Book TitleHistory's Greatest Heist : the Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Public Finance, Modern / 20th Century

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreBusiness & Economics, History

AuthorSean Mcmeekin

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight23.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-022100

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsReceived Honorable Mention for the 2010 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize, sponsored by the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, and awarded by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Dewey Decimal336.47/09041

SynopsisHow Lenin's regime turned Russia's priceless cultural patrimony into armored cars, trains, planes, and machine guns Historians have never resolved a central mystery of the Russian Revolution: How did the Bolsheviks, despite facing a world of enemies and leaving nothing but economic ruin in their path, manage to stay in power through five long years of civil war? In this penetrating book, Sean McMeekin draws on previously undiscovered materials from the Soviet Ministry of Finance and other European and American archives to expose some of the darkest secrets of Russia's early days of communism. Building on one archival revelation after another, the author reveals how the Bolsheviks financed their aggression through astonishingly extensive thievery. Their looting included everything from the cash savings of private citizens to gold, silver, diamonds, jewelry, icons, antiques, and artwork. By tracking illicit Soviet financial transactions across Europe, McMeekin shows how Lenin's regime accomplished history's greatest heist between 1917 and 1922 and turned centuries of accumulated wealth into the sinews of class war. McMeekin also names names, introducing for the first time the compliant bankers, lawyers, and middlemen who, for a price, helped the Bolsheviks launder their loot, impoverish Russia, and impose their brutal will on millions.

LC Classification NumberHJ1208.M36 2008