Италия в «плане Маршалла» и позиция СССР
Italy in the Marshall Plan and the Position of the USSR

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the issues related to the economic reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Based on a large number of previously unused archive materials, as well as on published Russian and foreign diplomatic and economic documents, the processes of the creation and implementation of the Secretary of State of USA, John Kerry Marshall’s plan to aid to the European countries are reconstructed and analyzed. The author analyzes Moscow’s attitude to the Marshall plan and to the possibility of the Soviet Union’s participation in it and using Italy as an example, shows its ambiguous impact on the economies of the European countries. A comprehensive analysis of the data about the conditions and the aid USA provides Italy with reflects the nature of the economic impact on various industries, on the agriculture of the country, and on Rome’s political orientation. Special attention is paid to the study of the effect of Plan Marshall’s implementation on the acceleration of the split between the Soviet Union and its Western allies from World War II.

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