Restoration of Old and Establishment of New Trade Relations (1945–1947) – Yugoslavia, USSR and ‘People’s Democracy’ States Cover Image

Обнова старих и успостављање нових трговинских односа (1945–1947) – Југославија, СССР и државе „народне демократије“
Restoration of Old and Establishment of New Trade Relations (1945–1947) – Yugoslavia, USSR and ‘People’s Democracy’ States

Author(s): Aleksandar Rakonjac
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Comparative politics
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Yugoslavia; USSR; “people’s democracy” states; trade relations; clearing

Summary/Abstract: This paper will show the establishment of economic relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union and the countries that immediately after the Second World War entered the immediate Soviet sphere of inϐluence. During the ϐirst post-war years, while the whole Europe was in the process of economic reconstruction, Yugoslavia endeavoured to restore bilateral trade agreements with its pre-war partners. As a part of the overall economic relations with the world, the ideological afϐinity with the USSR and the countries of “people’s democracy” determined the path of Yugoslav post-war economic cooperation. Large trade reorientation towards the east, coupled with the daily economic difϐiculties, dictated the speciϐic form of foreign exchange that took place through the clearing

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-79
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Serbian