comparing rubles to dollars c. 1917

[B. Shir]

I remember how my grand mother would always refer to стакан крыжовника за 1 копейку= 200 grams of gooseberries for 1 kopeck. 2 kilos for 10 kopecks, 20 kilos for  ruble. Compare with American prices in 1905...

--- On Tue, 7/31/12, Charlotte Rosenthal <crosenth at USM.MAINE.EDU> wrote:

From: Charlotte Rosenthal <crosenth at USM.MAINE.EDU>
Subject: [SEELANGS] comparing rubles to dollars c. 1917
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 2:09 PM

Dear All,

Can anyone suggest a source for comparing the ruble price of an item sold in Russia c. 1917 with its equivalent price in dollars?  I'd be very appreciative on behalf of a local resident who is editing his grandmother's letters from Russia at around this time.

Charlotte Rosenthal

Charlotte Rosenthal, Ph. D.
Professor of Russian
Dept. of Modern & Classical Langs. and Lits. University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME 04104-9300 U.S.A.

crosenth at usm.maine.edu
http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/crosenth/

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