Stalin's Quest for Gold: The Torgsin Hard-Currency Shops and Soviet Industrialization

by Elena Osokina

Stalin's Quest for Gold tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising the hard currency needed to finance the USSR's ambitious industrialization program. At a time of desperate scarcity, Torgsin had access to the country's best foodstuffs and goods. Initially, only foreigners were allowed to shop in Torgsin, but the acute demand for hard-currency revenues forced Stalin to open...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501758519
• ISBN13: 9781501758515
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up