Economic Activities of Klaipėda Seamen in the Context of Soviet Entrepreneurship in the 1970s–1980s Cover Image

Ekonominė Klaipėdos jūreivių veikla sovietinio verslumo kontekste XX a. 8–9 dešimtmečiuose
Economic Activities of Klaipėda Seamen in the Context of Soviet Entrepreneurship in the 1970s–1980s

Author(s): Brigita Tranavičiūtė
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Soviet economic policy, entrepreneurship, black economy, smuggling, currency speculation, valuables speculation.

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the extent to which Soviet economic policy influenced the entrepreneurship of seamen in Klaipėda and the main characteristics of the Soviet economic policy. On the basis of given cases of smuggling and speculation, the study analyses how these illegal cases helped to satisfy the needs of the Soviet society.

  • Issue Year: 92/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 59-68
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian