here it is written, lev ivanovich brusnitsin, discoverer of placer gold in russia in the city berezovskyvial gold mining in russia began with him, according to which russia now ranks first in the world in alluvial gold mining. victor. tarakanovsky, a gold miner since the late 1950s, a mining engineer by training, in soviet times headed enterprises at large gold deposits. with his participation , innovative mining technologies were introduced, which made it possible to significantly increase productivity, laureate of the government prize in the field of science and technology, chairman of the russian union of prospectors. berezovsky mine opened 275 years old, he is the one working now. this is , i think, the oldest mine in the world. in the middle of the 19th century, russia was the largest, at one time the largest, gold miner. well, then gold was discovered in australia, in southern africa, klandike there and so on, it was in fourth place, but still, by the beginning of the first world war, russia’s gold reserves were the largest in the world. why was the russian ruble the hardest curren