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Soviet citizen Viktor Baranov managed to do the almost impossible. He set up a homemade production of counterfeit banknotes that were extremely difficult to distinguish from real ones. Investigators called the offender a "brilliant counterfeiter" for this. Using improvised means, he made 33,454 rubles in his barn, of which 23 thousand were sold. #ussr #moneysissr #fake #victorbaranov Watch other episodes: • Life in the USSR Subscribe to the channel - / @russia1990s How a TALENTED inventor became the number 1 counterfeiter in the USSR The story of the BRILLIANT Soviet counterfeiter Viktor Baranov The king of counterfeiting: the legend of Soviet counterfeiters The counterfeiter who was asked for an autograph by USSR generals