In article <%b6k9.65646$S32.4183671 at news2.west.cox.net>,
John Knight <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote:
>>We don't have the economics statistics that describe personal savings, per
>capita incomes, GDP, of pre-Bolshevist Russia, but if the remaining palaces,
>government buildings, cities, cathedrals, residences, are any indication,
>Russia was once the wealthiest country in the world, at least at the time of
>the Bolshevist attack.
John also thinks that French peasants in the time of Louis XIV - XVI
were quite wealthy, based on the opulence of Versails.