Boiko-Haharin A. Counterfeiting in Ukrainian Lands (1795–1917).

The dissertation considers comprehensively for the first time the problem of money counterfeiting in Ukraine during the rule of the Russian, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires over Ukrainian territories in 1795–1917. As a prerequisite for the appearance of counterfeit money, a brief preamble on the history of the region’s economy is given, supplemented with obscure facts. A comprehensive study of all components of the counterfeiting process has been completed: outlining the financial sabotage by foreign issuers, highlighting the features of counterfeiting in the Kingdom of Poland, revealing counterfeits of foreign currency. The social aspect of counterfeiting is considered; the technological processes of counterfeit money manufacture are outlined; the process of state counteraction to counterfeiting is assessed; the social portrait of counterfeiters is given; the regional peculiarities of this problem are traced.