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History's Greatest Heist.(Bolsheviks' civil war )(Brief article)
After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks were enmeshed in a civil war and desperate for funds for everything from guns and boots for soldiers to a luxury car for Lenin. In theory, they had at their disposal the riches of the deposed Tsar, including one of the world's great reserves of gold. But the gold was the security for Russia's national debt, and most of Europe didn't recognize the new regime or its right to the treasury anyway; in today's terms, it was a rogue state under heavy sanctions whose assets were effectively frozen. ...
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