# Pasha wants to go to Tambov. A goldish-currency story

Henry de Overwood

MMMDCCLVI. Pasha wants to go to Tambov. A goldish-currency story. - January 30, 2026.

Pasha wants to go to Tambov. A goldish-currency story.


Pasha soldered microchips in kindergarten, and at secondary school he led a computer modeling club.


Pasha came to Moscow, got a job in the computer sphere, rented an apartment in a skyscraper and felt himself like he was on a cloud nine.


Bearded political philosophers and subtle culturologists pushed Pasha to think: Should he devote his life to the pleasures of youth or it's better for him to buy a small one-room apartment in a Moscow suburb and to be busy with paying off a loan for 25 years?


Vacation time was approaching.


Pasha thought about it. It's a good idea to go to the shore of the warm ocean in winter, to lie on the beach under palm trees, to ride elephants. He will come back to a winter Moscow and will attract the girls he knows with a sunburned face and excellent health (an all-inclusive program: good meals during the vacation).


In the foreign banks, he can get much more rubles for one dollar than in the Russial banks. Pasha will purchase dollars from Moscow banks. He will take a large sum in dollars. He will spend some of this money along the riding elephants, and will exchange the other part in foreign banks for rubles. It will be highly profitable. He will easily make a down payment when purchasing a one-room apartment in a Moscow suburb.


During his lunch break, Pasha began visiting Moscow banks in order to purchase dollars at a cheap price. The case turned out to be troublesome. Sometimes there were old-style dollars in the exchangers, sometimes there were small bills, sometimes a bank had the good bills in the morning, but ten minutes ago, before Pasha arrived, another client bought already all the good bills.


Pasha decided to purchase a gold bar. Gold and silver are rising in value. Until recently, one ounce of gold was worth $2,500, but now gold is worth $ 5,600 per ounce on a foreign stock exchange. And silver has almost quadrupled!


China is complementing the Belt and Road program by creating a system of gold storage points - to compete with traditional Western gold reserves storage centers; this will make it possible to make payments in gold. Crypto-currency investors are moving into gold. Therefore, gold will rise in price.


Pasha will fly to the land of palm trees, of elephants and of the warm ocean, will go to a local bank, will sell a gold bar for dollars, will exchange dollars for rubles and will get a noticeable benefit.


During his lunch break, Pasha went to the bank, where he hoped to purchase a gold bar weighing one kilogram.


While waiting for his turn, he got into conversation with another customer. Pasha learned that new rules are being prepared: It will be allowed to transport gold bars abroad only with a special permit. So he may face difficulties when his flight for vacation.


The time of the lunch break was ending. Pasha, without buying the gold bar, returned to his workplace.


While browsing the news on the Internet, Pasha found out that there are many underestimated tourist destinations in Russia. Altai! Tuva! Penza! There are many such places!


Pasha thought about it.


Suddenly, news began to pour in: gold on the foreign stock exchange fell in price. The cost of one ounce dropped below $5,000 per ounce. And silver has fallen in price by 30 percent!


Everything seems to have turned out well, Pasha is, one might say, in profit. Elephant riding is postponed.


Pasha sent an application to a travel company.


Pasha is going to Tambov! Chiki-Chiki-Chiquita!


January 30, 2026, 23:38 (11:38 p.m.)


Translation from Russian into English: January 31, 2026, 13:08

Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Паша хочет в Тамбов. Золото-валютный рассказ. "


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