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by Nasrudith 1698 days ago
If we take inflation into account and use USD (I am not as easily able to find Tsarist ruple inflation information) and checked it to the years of his birth and death that would be about $24M to $26M. Quite an ambitious number then. Now as an inevitable consequence of continual inflation a million dollars is good for an estimated 19 years of retirement income with investments. Certainly nothing to sneeze at today but not the same great wealth it once was.