300 roubles in the mid 1930s

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

The following sentence is from the second paragraph of our draft
translation of Platonov's DZHAN:

"Chagataev excused himself and went out for half an hour.  He went to a
shop and bought all kinds of things there as presents for Ksenya,
spending three hundred roubles.  Had he not done this, he would have
regretted it for many days."

It is clear from the rest of the chapter that he is spending a lot of
money, but I would like to have a clearer idea of just how much.  Can
anyone give me some indication of the value of the rouble in the
mid-thirties?

Thanks,

Robert Chandler

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