| Food was scarce and money flooded off the presses. 476 million rubles were printed in April, one billion in July. |
| In fact, until quite recently, front-row seats at the Bolshoi were only 3 rubles 50 kopecks. |
| He received a refund of 29 rubles and 84 kopeks, 16 kopeks short of the amount sent three months earlier. |
| Buying food depended more on ration coupons and bottles of vodka than rubles. |
| The excited banker then declared that he would bet him two million rubles that he wouldn't stay in solitary confinement for five years. |
| In circulation were the Soviet chervonets and the rubles designed to portray the symbols of the Soviet ideology. |
