Russian price liberalisation
1992 · Event
Yegor Gaidar's 'shock therapy' frees most prices overnight; inflation reaches 2,500% in a year and savings and pensions are wiped out.
On these timelines: Fall of the Soviet Union, Russia & the USSR, Economic History, Master
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