Elementy historii gospodarczej Związku Radzieckiego
w latach 1917–1955
Elements of the economic history the Soviet Union in period 1917–1955
Author(s): Zbigniew KlimiukSubject(s): Economy, Economic history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Koninie
Keywords: Soviet Union; Soviet economy; war economy; Russian revolution; war communism; New Economic Policy; Stalin era; rise and fall of communism in Russia; economic reconstruction; economic stagnation;
Summary/Abstract: The Soviet Union emerged from the Second World War formally as a superpower, but built on very fragile foundations, especially economic ones. During the half-century of Soviet power, the centuries-old backwardness was overcome and considerable successes were achieved in all areas of social life. In the process of change, the dynamic development of the economy played a decisive role, and in the 1960s it entered a structural stagnation. With the devastating effects of the armed intervention of foreign states, as well as the great war of the Soviet nations with German fascism and its allies, the Soviet economy at some point got short-breath, whose main cause was an ineffective and inefficient economic system eventually leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Journal: Konińskie Studia Społeczno-Ekonomiczne
- Issue Year: 3/2017
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 365-387
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English