That is the new, highly useful, and thorough book by Ekaterina Pravilova, here is one excerpt: Reutern was adamant about exterminating private currencies, but not everyone in the government shared his view. The minister of justice, Konstantin Pahlen, argued, for instance, that the right to issue private notes should be granted βto all Russian subjects.β [β¦]
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