1 ruble in terms of food prices: 10 kg of fresh rye bread 4 dozen eggs 20 kg of potatoes 4 kg of wheat flour 3 kg of sugar 0.5 kg of coffee beans 12 kg of chicken meat 11 kg of veal fillet 5 kg of sauerkraut 12 kg of frozen salmon 5 kg of onions 12 liters of sour cream 11 kg of medium-quality cheese 2 liters of vodka Prices of other goods and services: Visit to a cheap theater: 0.5 – 1 ruble Boots: 4-10 rubles Rent for a simple apartment in Moscow: 5-8 rubles Train ticket from Petrograd to Moscow: 1st class — 17 rubles 2nd class — 12 rubles 3rd class — 7 rubles Accordion: 7.5 rubles Coat: 15 rubles Gramophone: 40 rubles Dairy cow: 60-80 rubles Draught horse (for work): 70 rubles Carriage horse: 100 rubles Automobile: 2000 rubles Salaries: Maid (female) — 3-5 rubles/month Servant (male) — 5-10 rubles/month Porters and unskilled laborers — 8-15 rubles/month Elementary school teachers, pharmacists, medical orderlies, librarians — 20 rubles/month Worker in a metallurgical plant — 25-35 rubles/month Paramedic in a rural medical station — 50 rubles/month Foremen, masters, workshop heads — 50-80 rubles/month High school teacher, doctor in a city hospital — 80 rubles/month Army captain — 135-145 rubles/month Army colonel — 320 rubles/month Ministers and high-ranking officials — 1500 rubles/month