How in the 1990s they wanted to create an independent republic in the Urals — and why nothing came of it
Exactly 35 years ago, the central authorities allowed Sverdlovsk enthusiasts to print their own francs. Today, the history of this exotic currency is linked to the Ural Republic — a project that seriously influenced all of Russian politics in the 1990s.
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