“Can we repeat it?”: How did Stalin spend the de-dollarization of the USSR

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One of the main topics for discussion today is the need to abandon the binding of energy prices to the dollar and the use of the American currency in international settlements. The Russian government does not look very effective in this matter, given that in our country there has already been a successful precedent for untying the ruble from the dollar.





As it often happens, where there is success, there is also the figure of I.V. Stalin, which causes real hatred among domestic liberals. How did the Leader solve the "American" problem?

Despite the fact that the USSR suffered the greatest losses among the participants of the Anti-Hitler coalition, its financial system withstood the test of World War II. The money supply in the country grew only 3,8 times, when in Germany - 6 times, and in Japan - 11 times, despite the fact that these countries did not shun frank robbery and looting. However, the need for financial reform was urgently ripened in the Soviet Union: the population had surplus money in their hands, moreover, they were distributed very unevenly, since the speculators and representatives of some regions of the USSR who suffered the least from the war

To restore social justice, the state gradually began to increase wages, reduce and abolish taxes and wartime payments. The industry was recovering, the range of goods expanded, their prices, which are hard to believe today, did not grow, but decrease. However completely resolve economic it could not be a problem. At the same time, the United States of America began expanding into Europe through its famous “Marshall Plan”.

In December 1947, monetary reform began in the USSR. What was it like?

At first, old bills were exchanged for new ones depending on the size of deposits, which reduced the money supply in the country by more than three times. The most severe blow was dealt to speculators, while the card system was canceled first in our country, and prices for basic industrial and food products for the population were reduced.

Secondly, by order of Stalin, the ruble was untied from the dollar, on the rate of which it depended since 1937. If earlier they paid 53 rubles for one “American”, then Comrade Stalin set a new price tag with the stroke of a pen:

At most - 4 rubles.


Having tied off the national currency from the dollar, the then Kremlin tied it to gold, setting its content at the level of 0,222168 grams. The far-sighted Joseph Vissarionovich predicted the unenviable future of Yugoslavia, where the currency was tied to the dollar and the British pound. The further fate of the Slavic state turned out to be sad: it was collapsed economically and divided, and its remains were illegally bombed by NATO countries.

For the USSR during the Stalin era, liberation from dollar dependence was very beneficial. Industrial and knowledge-intensive production has grown, and exports have almost doubled. Moreover, on the basis of the "Stalinist gold ruble" a real financial and economic block gradually began to form, which included China, Vietnam, North Korea, and Mongolia. In 1951, India, Iran, Syria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Afghanistan were ready to join the non-dollar world. Moreover, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Ireland and Iceland showed interest. Gradually, a gigantic common market could be created around the USSR and its gold ruble.

Alas, as often happens, with the death of a great leader, his project was "merged". Khrushchev began a campaign to blacken the figure of Joseph Vissarionovich, and also crossed out many of his achievements, paving the way for the gradual revenge of capitalism in our country. The gold ruble was devalued 10 times, its gold content, like the country's total gold reserve, began to rapidly decline. As a result, in the seventies the gold content of our national currency was actually eliminated. But the USSR began to actively "feed" developing countries around the world.

It all ended with what it should have ended. “Can we repeat it?” This is perhaps the main question.
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  1. +4
    4 June 2019 10: 21
    “Can we repeat it?” ....

    You can not compare the USSR and modern Russia. The possibilities are different.
    The USSR could do that. Russia cannot.
    The USSR was not alone. After WWII, a camp of social countries was formed in the world. And the USSR was at the head. That is, it was impossible to isolate a country like the USSR.
    Rejection of the dollar automatically deletes the country from the global financial system. Russia alone cannot pull such an action. You need at least a group of countries.
    It would seem a simple situation. It is profitable for China to buy Iranian oil, but under pressure from the United States, China refuses to buy. And this is the most powerful economy in the world. What can we say about the rest of the world. Refusal of the dollar alone can lead to very serious consequences for our foreign economic activity.
    Personally, I am for giving up the dollar. But one must carefully prepare for such a step. Find as many allies in this matter.
    1. 0
      4 June 2019 16: 34
      The USSR also did not immediately appear. First there was Russia.
  2. 0
    4 June 2019 10: 50
    If earlier they paid 53 rubles for one “American”, then Comrade Stalin set a new price tag with the stroke of a pen:

    At most - 4 rubles.

    Where did the firewood come from? Can you share the legitimate banking information, or did all the "black market dealers" remember it?
  3. +1
    4 June 2019 12: 59
    Quote: Dan
    legitimate banking information

    Are you familiar with the meaning of the word "legitimate"?
    1. 0
      4 June 2019 18: 40
      Beautifully you besieged this Dan ...
  4. -2
    4 June 2019 17: 52
    The dollar is a handy thing though. We have been saved in Belarus for 25 years already. Let him live smile
    1. +2
      4 June 2019 18: 39
      Yes, Old Man for an extra dollar teeth abrasive wheel will stop.
      1. -1
        4 June 2019 18: 42
        Yes, he’s like that. For about 15 years, we’re laughing like that. But the bulk of all sorts of Russians and Ukrainians want it already can not. It's really funny good
        1. 0
          4 June 2019 18: 46
          Well, take care of it, do not give it to anyone.
          1. -1
            4 June 2019 18: 50
            Do not be stupid and do not make laugh. Nafig we need him, answer first laughing
            1. +1
              4 June 2019 18: 52
              Keep your good to yourself. hi
              1. -1
                4 June 2019 18: 58
                On the topic, that is, what can I say? wink
  5. -1
    4 June 2019 19: 08
    Here's how you can write such nonsense, and the rest assent to this? Maybe you just need to steal less and manage effectively?
  6. -3
    5 June 2019 00: 03
    Illiterate note, alas, nothing to discuss ...
    (it’s elementary, but the author doesn’t seem to know: the official exchange rate of the ruble, that to the dollar, that to gold in the USSR did not mean anything, because the ruble was not convertible into foreign currency, gold bars were not objects of sales ...). An absurd article, written for those who do not own the topic, even at the level of a 1-2 year economical faculty. Brrr ...
  7. +1
    5 June 2019 06: 43
    Quote: Anatol miht
    Illiterate note, alas, nothing to discuss ...
    (it’s elementary, but the author doesn’t seem to know: the official exchange rate of the ruble, that to the dollar, that to gold in the USSR did not mean anything, because the ruble was not convertible into foreign currency, gold bars were not objects of sales ...). An absurd article, written for those who do not own the topic, even at the level of a 1-2 year economical faculty. Brrr ...

    "experts" came running smile
  8. +2
    5 June 2019 06: 45
    Quote: Igor
    Here's how you can write such nonsense, and the rest assent to this? Maybe you just need to steal less and manage effectively?

    The comments are generally off topic.
    But, by the way, so teach THESE not to steal and effectively manage wink
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    3. 0
      5 June 2019 07: 18
      Quote: Marzhetsky
      The comments are generally off topic.
      But, by the way, so teach THESE not to steal and effectively manage

      Elections, elections and again elections, lack of competition creates stagnation and corruption. If you work well, you are told well done, you start working inefficiently, they call you to the carpet and say: either you will get your brains together and start working, or go to the labor exchange. The government is the same managers who manage not a certain enterprise, but the whole system of these enterprises, a country. These managers have no burden of responsibility, from which they put a bolt on those who elected them, and are engaged in the usual enrichment of themselves and their loved ones.
      People have a very short memory, you need to be less forgetful. And if you have chosen your representative, but he doesn’t do anything, but at the new elections he puts forward new slogans, we don’t believe him and choose another!
  9. 0
    5 June 2019 07: 17
    When they say "we can repeat" it worries me. It is impossible to repeat one to one past. Each time dictates its own rules. Both philosophers and life itself spoke about this.
  10. 0
    5 June 2019 07: 22
    Quote: Igor Igorievich
    Elections, elections and again elections, lack of competition creates stagnation and corruption. If you work well, you are told well done, you start to work inefficiently, they call you on the carpet and say: either you will get your brains together and start working, or go to the labor exchange. The government is the same managers who manage not a certain enterprise, but a whole system of these enterprises. These managers have no burden of responsibility, from which they put a bolt on those who elected them, and are engaged in the usual enrichment of themselves and their loved ones.

    Are you talking about some abstract country or about modern Russia?
    1. -1
      5 June 2019 08: 28
      Quote: Marzhetsky
      Quote: Igor Igorievich
      Elections, elections and again elections, lack of competition creates stagnation and corruption. If you work well, you are told well done, you start to work inefficiently, they call you on the carpet and say: either you will get your brains together and start working, or go to the labor exchange. The government is the same managers who manage not a certain enterprise, but the whole system of these enterprises, a country. These managers have no burden of responsibility, from which they put a bolt on those who elected them, and are engaged in the usual enrichment of themselves and their loved ones.

      Are you talking about some abstract country or about modern Russia?

      The article is written about the country of Oz? I’m telling you about it)))
  11. +1
    5 June 2019 09: 36
    Quote: Igor
    Quote: Marzhetsky
    Quote: Igor Igorievich
    Elections, elections and again elections, lack of competition creates stagnation and corruption. If you work well, you are told well done, you start to work inefficiently, they call you on the carpet and say: either you will get your brains together and start working, or go to the labor exchange. The government is the same managers who manage not a certain enterprise, but the whole system of these enterprises, a country. These managers have no burden of responsibility, from which they put a bolt on those who elected them, and are engaged in the usual enrichment of themselves and their loved ones.

    Are you talking about some abstract country or about modern Russia?

    The article is written about the country of Oz? I’m telling you about it)))

    Apparently, we live in different countries smile
  12. -2
    5 June 2019 13: 49
    Yes Yes Yes. This had a very beneficial effect on the economy of the USSR. Citizens ceased to die of hunger and began to live simply hungry.
  13. +1
    6 June 2019 05: 44
    Quote: Oleg Rambover
    Yes Yes Yes. This had a very beneficial effect on the economy of the USSR. Citizens ceased to die of hunger and began to live simply hungry.

    Do you have cerebral lobe disease? lol
    1. -1
      6 June 2019 09: 32
      No. Do you have Stalinism in the brain? Type "famine 1946-47" on Google.
  14. 0
    6 June 2019 09: 59
    Quote: Oleg Rambover
    No. Do you have Stalinism in the brain? Type "famine 1946-47" on Google.

    Apparently, I read on this subject more than yours. hi
    1. -2
      6 June 2019 10: 26
      Congratulations! I hope this was not a selection of articles about the conspiracy of the world behind the scenes in order to discredit the honest name of Joseph?
  15. 0
    6 June 2019 10: 47
    Quote: Oleg Rambover
    Congratulations! I hope this was not a selection of articles about the conspiracy of the world behind the scenes in order to discredit the honest name of Joseph?

    Think what you want. But according to your comments about you everything is generally clear hi
    1. -1
      6 June 2019 11: 10
      Ahh ... hit the point? Admit it.

      Is this your article? Well then, everything is clear with you. I have a couple of questions about the article. What was the binding of the ruble to the dollar expressed before Stalin's fateful decision? And when was this decision made?
  16. -1
    6 June 2019 15: 14
    ... exemption from dollar dependence was very beneficial. Industrial and knowledge-intensive production has grown, and exports have almost doubled.

    Among the reasons, the author calls the ruble appreciation more than 10 times — how does this stimulate exports? here you sell goods abroad, and suddenly it has become 10 times more expensive for your foreign buyer ... the incentive is just super, immediately the turn of customers is built
  17. -1
    6 June 2019 16: 51
    Quote: Vasily Kuznetsov 2
    "... the release from dollar dependence has had a very beneficial effect. Industrial and science-intensive production has grown, exports have almost doubled."

    Among the reasons, the author calls the ruble appreciation more than 10 times — how does this stimulate exports? here you sell goods abroad, and suddenly it has become 10 times more expensive for your foreign buyer ... the incentive is just super, immediately the turn of customers is built

    If you repeat it, then let's not forget about what happened like the Holodomor, the shooting of innocent people on far-fetched indications, the GULAG, and many very vividly unpleasant things about which the authors of "journalists" of such articles for some reason forget to mention.
  18. 0
    8 June 2019 08: 15
    Quote: Igor Igorievich
    If you repeat it, then let's not forget about what happened like the Holodomor, the shooting of innocent people on far-fetched indications, the GULAG, and many very vividly unpleasant things about which the authors of "journalists" of such articles for some reason forget to mention.

    Uuuuu ... "famine", GULAG ... Yes .. "liberosis" of the brain ...
    Read Solzhenitsin smaller at night drinks: lol
  19. 0
    8 June 2019 08: 17
    Quote: Oleg Rambover
    Ahh ... hit the point? Admit it.
    Is this your article? Well then, everything is clear with you.

    I am not interested in either your opinion or discussions with you and others like you for their blatant meaninglessness. And I'm glad that we all understand about each other. On that and finish.
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  20. +1
    8 June 2019 08: 36
    Quote: Vasily Kuznetsov 2
    Among the reasons, the author calls the ruble appreciation more than 10 times — how does this stimulate exports? here you sell goods abroad, and suddenly it has become 10 times more expensive for your foreign buyer ... the incentive is just super, immediately the turn of customers is built

    In 1947, the USSR did not sit on a hydrocarbon needle and was not dependent on the sale of raw materials abroad. But he needed to restore industry, infrastructure, purchase of imported equipment, technologies. For the restoration and industrialization of a country destroyed by war, this is what is needed. And subsequent export growth was the result of this industrialization. And the export was not raw, as it is now. You do not confuse the cause with the investigation.
  21. +1
    10 June 2019 06: 44
    As in any country, there comes a time when the saying "Eat pies with mushrooms, and keep your mouth shut" becomes relevant.
  22. +1
    28 June 2019 13: 32
    GREAT RUSSIA can and must repeat this economic effect I.V. STALIN. Now there is a huge company buying gold RUSSIA thereby untie the RUBLE from this worthless green piece of paper and make the RUBLE with a gold supplement.