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Борьба со злоупотреблениями в ходе проведения денежной реформы 1947 г.
Struggle against abuses during currency reform of 1947.

Author(s): E. D. Tverdyukova
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: USSR; currency reform; cancellation of cards; abuses; trade

Summary/Abstract: In this article activity of law enforcement bodies on the struggle against abuses is analyzed during currency reform and cancellation of cards in 1947 in the USSR: gambling, concealment of the goods from the inventory, entering of contributions into savings banks, and preservation of the closed forms of trade. It is shown that this struggle had character of mass political campaign and was accompanied by application of strict measures of punishment.

  • Issue Year: 1/2011
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 45-53
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian