Dan Seitz

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To purchase the grain they needed, the Central Powers resorted to the short-term expedient of simply ordering the Ukrainian National Bank to print whatever currency they required. This gave them purchasing power and avoided requisitioning, but within a matter of months it rendered the currency worthless.
The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
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