Stalin's Quest for Gold Cornell University Press. 2021 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 […]
Stalin's Quest for Gold
Cornell University Press.
2021
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 Torgsin to Soviet citizens who could exchange tsarist gold coins...
GB/T 40114-2021: Translated English of Chinese Standard (GBT40114-2021)
www.ChineseStandard.net.
2021
This Document specifies a method for determining the content of precious metals by determining the content of impurity elements in gold, platinum, and palladium alloy jewellery. This Document is applicable to gold alloy jewellery with gold content of 725‰~999‰, platinum alloy jewellery with platinum content of 800‰~999‰, and palladium alloy jewellery with palladium content of 800‰~999‰.
25,000 Years of Jewelry
Prestel Publishing.
2021
Now available in a new edition, this opulent book reaches back 25,000 years to trace the history of jewellery from the Paleolithic Era to the present day. Drawn from the extensive holdings of the Staatliche Museum in Berlin, this collection of jewelry through the ages links cultures and eras to show how the design, wearing, and collecting of personal adornment has evolved over the ages. Many of these beautiful pieces are presented for the first time in book form. They range from classic...
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