Money in Nos

[Valentino, Russell]

There was also a big difference between paper rubles and metal ones. The
blue and red kind was only worth about a quarter of the gold and silver
kind.

Russell Valentino

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The numerical part is easy: "sinen'kaia" = 5 roubles, "krasnen'kaia" =
10 roubles. As for the market value, it would vary tremendously. You
could eat to your heart's content at a farmer's market for 25 kopeks, or
have a dinner at an upscale traktir for 2 roubles. The Onegin-type
dinners with Strasbourg pie, Limbourg cheese, and golden pineapple,
would naturally cost much more. Then again, for comparison, you could
buy a generic (not a thoroughbred) cow for 10 roubles. 

Inna Caron
The Ohio State University

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Can anyone help provide me with a rough idea of the values of the
"krasnaia assignatsia" and "siniaia assignatsia" mentioned in Gogol's
"Nos"?

Numerical values would be fine, but more importantly, were these paltry,
medium, or significant sums of money in their day?

Replies off line are fine.

Thanks in advance,
Tony

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
anthony.j.vanchu at nasa.gov
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
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