A “Great Leap Forward”. The Central Committee of the Romanian Workers’ Party Plenum of 26th-28th November, 1958 Cover Image
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Un „mare salt înainte”. Plenara C.C. al P.M.R., 26-28 noiembrie 1958
A “Great Leap Forward”. The Central Committee of the Romanian Workers’ Party Plenum of 26th-28th November, 1958

Author(s): Alexandru-Murad Mironov
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Communism in Romania; Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej; economic development; modernization of industry and infrastructure; economic history of Socialist regimes;

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the Central Committee Plenum of November 1958 was the discussion and adoption of the national economic development plan of 1959 and the ’60s. The plan was conceived and by the State Planning Committee with adnotations from Central Committee sections, Government etc. Given the economic data that was supposed to be realized in the future, the discussions and documents have not been made public at the time.The massive investment project decided at that plenum laid down the modernization of socialist industry and the development of the national infrastructure in the next decades.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2016
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 173-181
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian
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