torgsinn.

/ˈtɔːɡsɪn/

Forms: Also Torgsin.

Etymology: < Russian, contraction of vsesoyuznoe ob″edinenie po torgovle s inostrantsami, the All-Union Association for Trade with Foreigners.

A Soviet trading organization in the 1920s and 1930s which sold goods only in return for foreign currency. Used attributively.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] > specific

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torgsin1933

Comecon1949

common market1950

Euratom1956

Euro-executive1957

EEC1958

Efta1959

OPEC1960

EMU1969

EU1990

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Nov. 18/5 Sale of 200,000 pounds of bacon to the ‘torgsin’ stores, which cater only to foreigners in Soviet Russia, has been announced by Polish exporters.

1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. ix. 819 All over Moscow and Leningrad you can bribe with foreign currency because of the absurd Torgsin system.

1968 Listener 3 Oct. 434/2 It was fairly easy for us because of those Torgsin shops where you could really get everything.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	torgsin
释义	torgsinn. /ˈtɔːɡsɪn/ Forms: Also Torgsin. Etymology: < Russian, contraction of vsesoyuznoe ob″edinenie po torgovle s inostrantsami, the All-Union Association for Trade with Foreigners. A Soviet trading organization in the 1920s and 1930s which sold goods only in return for foreign currency. Used attributively. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] > specific Hanse1305 torgsin1933 Comecon1949 common market1950 Euratom1956 Euro-executive1957 EEC1958 Efta1959 OPEC1960 EMU1969 EU1990 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Nov. 18/5 Sale of 200,000 pounds of bacon to the ‘torgsin’ stores, which cater only to foreigners in Soviet Russia, has been announced by Polish exporters. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. ix. 819 All over Moscow and Leningrad you can bribe with foreign currency because of the absurd Torgsin system. 1968 Listener 3 Oct. 434/2 It was fairly easy for us because of those Torgsin shops where you could really get everything. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1933
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