Hi all history nerds (I hope it's not offensive for you).

I came to this forum after failing in looking for information on Polish forum about general history. I hope someone helps me to solve my problem.

I am asking about value of Russian rubles in the end of 19th century. I mean, what could be bought for what amount and how to compare values from 19th and 21st centuries. I browsed many websites and converters in English and Polish but I found nothing. I also browsed a lot of forums in my language and nothing. There are converters but they convert everything but Russian money. Or, if they convert, the oldest scale of time Is 20-30 years ago. Is there someone who knows the problem? I have looked everywhere but it looks like some kind of a secret knowledge hidden from people. I have no idea about it and it's kind of important for me.

Any suggestions? Please don't tell me "ask Google". Google told me nothing. History forums are my last help.

Thanks in advance.

Originally posted by russophile Hi all history nerds (I hope it's not offensive for you). I came to this forum after failing in looking for information on Polish forum about general history. I hope someone helps me to solve my problem. I am asking about value of Russian rubles in the end of 19th century. I mean, what could be bought for what amount and how to compare values from 19th and 21st centuries. I browsed many websites and converters in English and Polish but I found nothing. I also browsed a lot of forums in my language and nothing. There are converters but they convert everything but Russian money. Or, if they convert, the oldest scale of time Is 20-30 years ago. Is there someone who knows the problem? I have looked everywhere but it looks like some kind of a secret knowledge hidden from people. I have no idea about it and it's kind of important for me. Any suggestions? Please don't tell me "ask Google". Google told me nothing. History forums are my last help. Thanks in advance.

I have found only a little, and hope you can find something from within it.

TheAlaniDragonRising, thanks for links. Unfortunately, I can't see the second one. Is is possible for you to copy relevant fragment and send it to me? I have tried to see this on Firefox and Chrome but with no result. Damn my Internet. 

Edited by russophile - 22-Jan-2012 at 18:28

Originally posted by Nick1986 Russian Peasant Letters: Life and Times of a 19th-century Family  By Olga T. Yokoyama http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0H-zN45W9pEC&lpg=PA91&ots=HI3Hw3dVHG&dq=what%20could%20you%20buy%20with%20one%20ruble%20at%20the%20end%20of%20the%2019th%20century&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false

Thank you very much!

No problem. How did you get interested in Russian history?

Not at all. Vampires themselves are a Slavic invention. You might find this interesting

Originally posted by russophile Originally posted by Nick1986 Not at all. Vampires themselves are a Slavic invention. You might find this interesting Yeah, you are right... But it is still weird for me. Some people get interested by reading history books, or school books during classes (well, school book from history helped me to get interested too) and I got interested, because I read fantasy book. Thanks, I will take a look at this : >

Nothing weird about that. I got interested in my Slavic roots after listening to my grandma's folk tales. My interest in more general history comes from many influences: the John Wayne westerns me and my dad used to watch, swashbuckler movies like Robin Hood, comic books like Asterix, Horrible Histories, and four time travel books by Usborne set in the Medieval, Egyptian, Viking and Roman worlds

Prices and salaries: the pre-revolutionary Russia
LINK(rus):
http://p-marketing.ru/publications/general-questions/social-dynamics/prices-salaries-before-wwi

Prices of food and manufactured goods (tables)
LINK(rus):
http://www.opoccuu.com/tseny.htm

I found more information. in English

Standards of Living in the Russian Empire
LINK(eng, PDF):
http://web.williams.edu/Economics/wp/nafzigerMicroLivingStandards_WilliamsWorkingPaper_Nov2007.pdf

Russian Living Standards During the Industrialization Era, 1885-1913
LINK(eng, PDF):
http://www.roiw.org/1980/87.pdf

The Standard of Living and Revolutions in Imperial Russia, 1700-1917
LINK(eng, online):
http://books.google.ie/books?id=DWC_V14p_8IC&pg=PR27&lpg=PR27&dq=Standards+of+Living+in+the+Russian+Empire&source=bl&ots=ya77yfCVa8&sig=mOpb5dhULhkWTpm1b7dniz0UdcY&hl=ru&sa=X&ei=IiGlUNi9JYmShgfBgIGYDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Standards%20of%20Living%20in%20the%20Russian%20Empire&f=false

The first links in google_translate.

Prices and salaries: the pre-revolutionary Russia
LINK(eng_transl):
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fp-marketing.ru%2Fpublications%2Fgeneral-questions%2Fsocial-dynamics%2Fprices-salaries-before-wwi

Prices of food and manufactured goods (tables)
LINK(eng_transl):
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opoccuu.com%2Ftseny.htm