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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;petronius, post: 1446198, member: 37365&quot;]Are not strictly paper money, but their charm lies in striking illustrations, which make them highly sought among collectors of memories of WWII.</p><p><br /></p><p>The German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) begins June 22, 1941 and is immediately overwhelming: the Germans grind thousands of miles of territory and lay siege to the major Soviet cities, Moscow, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and Stalingrad (today Volgograd). But the &quot;Mother Russia&quot; is able to react, and in November 1941 takes shape counteroffensive that, at the cost of enormous sacrifices (20 million dead) will bring the Soviets, in spring 1945, to hoist their flag over Reichstag.</p><p><br /></p><p>Money was raised to finance the &quot;Great Patriotic War&quot; in Soviet Union by selling war bonds and lottery tickets. Subscriptions to the war loans yielded 93 billion rubles, and four lotteries raised another 25 billion rubles.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some of them in my collection and I hope you can enjoy them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>10 rubles bond</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]178900.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>50 rubles bond</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]178901.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>petronius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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