{"id":1407,"date":"2021-12-10T13:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:01:05","slug":"the-1991-project-december-4-10-financing-gold-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/2021\/12\/10\/the-1991-project-december-4-10-financing-gold-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1991 Project: December 4-10. Financing Gold in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Caden Wilcox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-2-1024x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1408\" width=\"-43\" height=\"-20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-2-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-2-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-2-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-2-1536x737.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-2.jpg 1983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following their articles on gold reserves in the November 17 edition, the English-language weekly paper <em>Moscow News<\/em> decided to publish an opinion piece on a similar topic in December. Interviewing Yuri Karnaukh, a \u201cpioneer of the Soviet gold trade,\u201d the article conceptualizes the deteriorating economic solvency of the Soviet Union and introduces the emerging monetary system in Russia&#8211;instituted and enforced by gold reserves. In this interview, Andrei Borodenkov, the interviewer, notes how the region\u2019s ideological aversion to financial practices is rapidly eroding and that individuals such as Karnaukh are taking steps to connect the massive country with international monetary institutions. In recognizing Russia\u2019s 66% acquisition of Soviet gold capital and the radical practice of strategic asset sale and purchase on turbulent markets, the <em>Moscow News<\/em> powerfully captures the transformation underway in the Soviet space and simultaneously questions where its economic future may lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Borodenkov, Andrei. \u201cThe Gambler: Soviet Gold in Zurich,\u201d Moscow News Weekly, No. 49. (1991, December 9). p 10. Retrieved December 9, 2021, gpa.eastview.com\/mn\/?a=d&amp;d=mosn19911208-01.1.9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caden Wilcox is a Sophomore double-majoring in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies and Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/files\/2021\/12\/MN_12_8_pg9-1-459x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1409\" width=\"546\" height=\"1212\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Caden Wilcox Following their articles on gold reserves in the November 17 edition, the English-language weekly paper Moscow News decided to publish an opinion piece on a similar topic in December. Interviewing Yuri Karnaukh, a \u201cpioneer of the Soviet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/2021\/12\/10\/the-1991-project-december-4-10-financing-gold-in-russia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":781,"featured_media":1408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essays","category-the-1991-project","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/781"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/havighurst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}