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10.44- Bolshevik Bank Heist

Revolutions

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Camo and the Ohanas in the Tiflise Raid

The money obtained in the tiflise raid was handed over to the bolsheviks for revolutionary purposes. It was all in 500 rouble notes, which had to be changed. This could not be done in russia, as the banks always had lists of notes in such cases. They settled on a plan for agents in various european capitals outside the russian empire to take small amounts of these bills and just hoped they could get away with it. Lenin quickly concluded that the finnish authorities might very well conclude he had gone too far so he and krupskya headed back to switzerland.

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