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Uncommon card · History
1998 Russian financial crisis, an Uncommon card
The Russian financial crisis began in Russia on 17 August 1998.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 59,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It resulted in the Russian government and the Russian Central Bank devaluing the ruble and defaulting on its debt.
- The crisis had severe impacts on the economies of many neighboring countries.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1998 Russian financial crisis article was read about 59,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get 1998 Russian financial crisis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 1998 Russian financial crisis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Sover.spb at Russian Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
