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Oil of RussiaEvidence of this is provided by a report issued July 30, 1813, by General Nikolay Rtishchev, commander-in-chief of Russian forces in the Caucasus, to St. Petersburg: БЂњUnder the tax-farming arrangement for four years, this item, along with others that are very unimportant, at first brought a net sum of 450,000 rubles in banknotes, without any concerns or expenses on the part of the Treasury.... The Treasury income for this production can be considered certain only when an item rich in resources is under a tax-farming arrangement with honest persons.... But if these institutions are directly managed by the Treasury, then besides the necessity of establishing a special staff of civil servants for this and provide their salaries, workers and travel expenses must be supported. Everything will require significant expenses for the Treasury.БЂ«21 According to archival sources, in 1813 the Russian government leased out the Baku oil wells under a tax-farming arrangement to Mark Tarumov, province secretary. A second agreement to turn the oil wells over to him from January 1, 1817 through January 1, 1821 was concluded in the summer of 1816 ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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