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Concl)sion <($
man* economD reE)ire* a comman*>-olit, The rose to"ether0
the have fallen to"ether, 6)t neither a *emocratic le"al or*er
nor a mar8et econom have re-lace* them0 or at least not et0
an* the a)")ries are not favo)ra+le,
Fort)natel0 it is not m tas8 to a*C)*icate0 an* certainl not
to forecast0 es-eciall as an forecast is ver li8el to +e -rove*
wron" +efore this e*ition reaches its rea*ers, It remains to
-rono)nce the *eath sentence? the Soviet sstem has e@-ire*0 it
has no more histor as s)ch, :hatever comes in its -lace will
have a *ifferent *esi"nation0 a *ifferent i*eolo"0 a totall *iffer>
ent str)ct)re, An* a E)ite *ifferent a)thor to *escri+e it,
Appendix? A 8ote on #ro$th Rates
How can it +e > someone is +o)n* to sa > that an economic histor
of R)ssia can +e written witho)t an answer to the E)estion which
everone as8s? how fast *i* -ro*)ction "rowG Soviet in*ices have
+een E)ote*0 it is tr)e0 +)t alwas with E)alifin" -hrases which are
clearl inten*e* to warn the rea*er a"ainst ta8in" them literall, 6)t
if the official claims are mislea*in"0 what can ta8e their -laceG
The -ro+lem mi"ht +ecome clearer if one were to "o a little more
caref)ll into the reasons for the ina*eE)ac of the official in*ices0
an* then consi*er the acce-ta+ilit of recom-)tations )n*erta8en +
vario)s :estern scholars, It will +e ass)me* that0 e@ce-t -erha-s in
a"ric)lt)re0 re-ortin" from +elow is reasona+l acc)rate, This *oes
not e@cl)*e the -ossi+ilit of cheatin" + officials an@io)s to claim
-lan f)lfilment0 +)t the tellin" of lies a+o)t o)t-)t of commo*ities
wo)l* *isr)-t -lans an* is therefore onl -ossi+le to a limite*
e@tent0 since a lac8 of availa+le "oo*s wo)l* s-ee*il +e notice*
.e,", in s)--lin" )sers/ an* ste-s ta8en a"ainst the a)thors of false
re-orts, 6esi*es0 it sometimes -as to conceal o)t-)t .e,", to +)il*
)- reserve stoc8s/0 as well as to overstate it, F)rthermore0 false
re-ortin" at two *ifferent *ates *oes not affect "rowth rates0 )nless
there is more false re-ortin" at one *ate than at another, This is what
co)l* +e calle* Dthe law of eE)al cheatin"D? )nless there is an
reason to ass)me it is )neE)al0 the mere -resence of cheatin" sho)l*
not affect statistics of "rowth,
An *o)+ts are not +ase* on false re-ortsI in fact all the
recom-)tations ma*e + :estern scholars )se Soviet -hsical
o)t-)t *ata as their raw materials, The -ro+lems +e"in when one
Appendix? A 8ote on #ro$th Rates 1!1
loo8s at how the *ata are a""re"ate*0 an* also at what the fi")res
re-orte* from +elow act)all mean,
Ever economist is0 or sho)l* +e0 acE)ainte* with the in*e@
n)m+er -ro+lem, =er +riefl it can +e ill)strate* as follows,
S)--ose that the in*)strial o)t-)t of Scotlan* consists of whis8
an* +a"-i-es an* has altere* as follows?
19(& i94&
-his,+ !thousnd $llons% /&& 1,/&&
B$pipes !thousnd% 1(& 1(&
O+vio)sl0 the increase in total Scottish o)t-)t will *e-en* on
the relative -rices of whis8 an* +a"-i-es, S)--ose in #$&5
+a"-i-es cost [#5 an* whis8 [#50 +)t in i$%5 +a"-i-es cost
[#55 an* whis8 [(5, Then in #$&5 -rices the res-ective val)es
were as follows?
!O
19(& i94&
-his,+ /,&&& 1/,&&&
B$pipes 1,(&& 1,(&&
9otl 4,(&& 14,(&& Index ' ./1
6)t in i$%5 -rices the answer wo)l* +e ver *ifferent,
!O
19(& i94&
-his,+ 1&,&&& (&,&&&
B$pipes 1(,&&& 1(,&&&
9otl .(,&&& 4(,&&& Index ' 101
Neither answer is Dtr)eD0 or rather +oth are, 6)t most statisticians
wo)l* chan"e the wei"hts as the +ecome o+solete,
In the Soviet Union0 there was a ver shar- chan"e in relative
-rices after #$(', The fastest>"rowin" sectors were hi"hl -rice*
in the twenties0 an* so the -reservation of Do+soleteD wei"hts
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ens)re* hi"h overall "rowth in*ices0 which is no *o)+t wh the
were -reserve* )ntil #$15, M)ch of the chan"e in relative -rices
was concentrate* into the *rama>fille* -erio* #$('>&40 an* 6er">
son0 in his ver thoro)"h calc)lations0 "ives some ver *ifferent
answers for these ears,
At D#$&4 ro)+le factor costD0 "rowth rates in #$('>&4 wor8 o)t at
1,1 -er cent -er ann)m .or <,' -er cent on an alternative
ass)m-tion/, Usin" #$(' -rices0 the "rowth rate more than *o)+le*0
to ##,$ -er cent -er ann)m, Since the "rowth in n)m+ers em-loe*
is a constant in +oth calc)lations0 6er"sonDs la+o)r -ro*)ctivit
fi")res *iffer even more wi*elI o)t-)t -er wor8er increases either
+ #,4 -er cent or + 4,$ -er cent -er ann)m0 *e-en*in" on the
-rices )se*, It is worth a**in" that0 if the share of investment in the
national income in #$&4 were com-)te* in #$(' -rices0 it wo)l*
e@cee* << -er cent0 whereas 6er"son ma8es it (1,$ -er cent in terms
of #$&4 ro)+les,
#
Nee*less to sa0 Soviet statisticians have never
cite* this hi"h investment -ercenta"e0 -referrin" in this instance to
)se c)rrent -rices,
So far we have +een *isc)ssin" onl the *istortion which mi"ht
+e *)e to )sin" o+solete wei"hts0 a -ractice which no lon"er a--lie*
to fi")res for -erio*s since #$15, 6)t this is far from +ein" the en*
of the stor,
All o)t-)t in*ices are conventional a""re"ations of constantl
shiftin" -ro*)ct mi@es not strictl com-ara+le with one another,
Th)s0 in an co)ntr0 statisticians have to com-are clothin"0 cars0
aircraft0 t)rret lathes0 etc,0 which have altere* in im-ortant
-artic)lars, :hat is the com-arison0 for vol)me in*e@ -)r-oses0
+etween a 3C& an* 3C$ aircraft0 or a #$15 an* a #$'5 2a")ar carG
O+vio)sl not #?#, If -rices ha* +een )naltere* then we co)l*
*e*)ce a ratio from the relative -rices at the two *ates, 6)t -lainl
we cannot *o that, Then we *eflate + a -rice in*e@G 6)t what -rice
in*e@G Clearl we cannot a--l some "eneral in*e@ of wholesale
-rices0 since aircraft an* cars co)l* well have risen .or fallen/ in
-rice + more .or less/ than the "eneral avera"e, So we nee* to
*evise an in*e@ for the items +ein" com-are*, 6)t we are then +ac8
where we starte*0 since no 3C& was ma*e in #$'5 an* no 3C$ in
#$15, Can we then *e*)ce the -rice *eflation from
Appendix? A 8ote on #ro$th Rates 1!!
chan"es in costs of -ro*)ction of analo"o)s o+Cects0 in this case
other forms of trans-ort eE)i-mentG 6)t this is *an"ero)s0 since
.es-eciall in machiner an* en"ineerin"/ man of the items ma*e
in +oth #$15 an* #$'5 were onl C)st +ein" *evelo-e* in #$150 an*
so ha* a hi"h initial cost0 later re*)ce* as the f)ll e@-an*e* into
mass -ro*)ction, The )se of s)ch a -rice *eflator wo)l* overstate
the rate of "rowth,
At this -oint one m)st intro*)ce *eli+erate DstatisticalD +ias0 an*
this +oth at the centre an* at the re-ortin" a"encies .ministries0
"lav8i0 enter-rises/, First of all0 whereas :estern statistical offices
face the same metho*olo"ical -ro+lems0 the tr to allow for them
an* are not )n*er -olitical -ress)re to a*o-t0 amon" a n)m+er of
-ossi+l vali* was of com-arin" the non>com-ara+le0 the ones
which "ive hi"h "rowth rates, Secon*l0 the metho*s of a""re"ation
are 8nown0 an* Soviet mana"ement tries to choose a -attern of
o)t-)t which res)lts in a hi"h "rowth rate, This is not the same as
cheatin"0 for it is -lain" accor*in" to the r)les, A "iven *esi"n0
-ro*)ct mi@0 material0 was often chosen with one ee on its effect on
the o)t-)t in*e@, Onl where the commo*it is totall homo"eneo)s
.for instance0 8ilowatt>ho)rs of electricit/ wo)l* this not matter, If
-artic)lar 8in*s of clothin"0 tractors0 "oo*s wa"ons0 aircraft or
-refa+ricate* cement +loc8s were chosen "eca%se of the effect of the
choice on the statistical meas%rement of the vol%me of o%t#%t, then
that vol)me wo)l* show a ten*enc to e@a""eration, In the :est the
enter-rises are )nintereste* in the statisticiansD meas)rementsI the
-attern which iel*s a hi"h -rofit ma or ma not +e that which fits
the conventions of meas)rin" o)t-)t statistics,
The -ro*)cin" enter-rises0 so lon" as the see8 to f)lfil a""re"ate
-lans in ro)+les0 are intereste* in hi"her -rices0 an*0 since there is
-rice control0 m)st *en that the have increase* -rices, Un*er the
)nreforme* sstem0 their c)stomers acce-t hi"her -rices0 either
+eca)se the have no choice0 or +eca)se the act)all welcome
themI hi"her>-rice* in-)ts ena+le them to inflate their costs an* so
claim a hi"her cost>-l)s -rice for their -ro*)ct? DEnter-rises0
o"yedineniya, even whole sectors of the national econom0 are
*irectl intereste* in the "rowth of costs of -ro*)ction,D
(
M)ch has
+een -)+lishe* a+o)t conceale* increases
1!1 Appendix? A 8ote on #ro$th Rates
in +)il*in" costs an* machiner -rices0 as well as in man
cons)mersD "oo*s, A -artial list of E)otations from Soviet so)rces
on this theme fills -a"e &4& of the thir* e*ition of m Soviet
Economic System- The evi*ence -oints concl)sivel to a ten*enc
to e@a""erate "rowth in*ices0 thro)"h )sin" too low a *eflator for
-rice rises,
I *evote* a -a-er to this to-ic0 )n*er the title DHas Soviet
!rowth Cease*GD
&
The title ma have seeme* over>*ramatic at
the time .#$'&/0 et -recisel this -erio* is now *escri+e* + all
Soviet -)+licists from !or+achev *own as one of sta"nation
42astof5, an* a recom-)tation + 7hanin an* Sel)nin 4Novy mir,
No, &0 #$'4/ -)ts the "rowth rate -er ca-ita in the earl ei"hties
at less than Fero,
In fact there is now a lar"e an* "rowin" Soviet literat)re a+o)t
how the sstem "enerates -rice increases which fin* no a*eE)ate
reflection in official -rice in*ices0 th)s ca)sin" a -ersistent over>
statement of "rowth rates, In the a+ove>cite* article0 7hanin an*
Sel)nin note* that the official in*e@ for national income0 if
Dchaine*D0 "ives a ninet>fol* "rowth rate from #$(' to #$'1, In
their view0 a more correct fi")re wo)l* +e a si@> or seven>fol*
"rowth, This is s)rel the +i""est *ownwar* amen*ment 8nown
in the histor of worl* statisticsH Their com-)tations have +een
criticiFe*0 an* their fi")res *o seem a little low, 6)t the official
claim is -lainl -re-ostero)s,
It ma +e )sef)l to refer a"ain to the E)otation from 6o"omolov
which we have note* alrea* on -, &''? he claims that the
D+as8etD of "oo*s cons)me* + an )r+an citiFen *o)+le* in -rice0
in*ee* Dmore than *o)+le*D0 since the en* of the fifties, Yet the
official retail -rice in*e@ for #$'1 shows a rise of less than 4 -er
cent, This "ives one some i*ea of the e@tent of the e@a""eration
of the vol)me of o)t-)t of cons)mersD "oo*s0 of retail tra*e
t)rnover an* of real wa"es,
An ill)stration of how these *is-arities occ)r? in an article in
Planovoye 1ho2yaistvo No, '0 #$'4 .--, %5>%#/0 it is state* that
Din #1 earsD the avera"e -rice of cotton cloth an* of footwear rose
+ %5 -er cent0 8nitte* o)terwear + 15 -er cent0 et there was no
chan"e in an liste* -rice0 an* the official in*e@ shows no -rice
increase at all0 or even a fall, In this an* other instances0 the
Appendix? A 8ote on #ro$th Rates 1!*
chea-er mo*els cease* to +e -ro*)ce*0 new an* m)ch *earer
ones a--eare*0 an* an im-rovement in E)alit was in no wa
-ro-ortionate,
Similar *istortions affect -rices of machiner an* eE)i-ment0
in*ee* of anthin" which is not of its nat)re homo"eneo)s, Th)s
o)t-)t of .sa/ electricit0 cr)*e oil0 +arle0 cannot +e affecte* +
chan"es of mo*el or + -se)*o im-rovements in E)alit0 whereas
7hanin an* Sel)nin0 an* some other Soviet critics0 estimate
that the vol)me fi")res of machiner o)t-)t nee* a *ownwar*
correction of a+o)t 1 -er cent -er ann)m to ta8e -rice increases
C%doro2hanie5 into acco)nt,
Another -oint concerns in*)strial -ro*)ction, The in*e@ )se*
was D"rossD0 in the sense of +ein" arrive* at + a**in" to"ether
the total val)e of the o)t-)t of an enter-rise0 an* then *eflatin"
+ the a--ro-riate -rice in*e@, This means that the in*e@ wo)l*
+e affecte* + the *ivision of an -rocess +etween enter-rises,
To ta8e an e@am-le? if a com-lete sewin" machine were ma*e in
one enter-rise0 an* its -rice was #55 ro)+les0 this eE)als #55
ro)+les of "ross o)t-)t .altho)"h the f)el an* materials )se* ha*
+een co)nte* as -art of the o)t-)t of other enter-rises/, 6)t
s)--ose enter-rise A ma8es the act)al machine0 enter-rise 6
ma8es the stan* an* -e*als0 an* enter-rise C assem+les the
sewin" machine, Then the "ross o)t-)t wo)l* +e somethin" li8e
this?
Enter-rise A .machine -arts/ %5
Enter-rise 6 .stan* an* -e*als/ (1
Enter-rise C .assem+l/ #55
#'1
Of co)rse this wo)l* not affect the rate of "rowth0 if the *e"ree
to which the -rocess was *ivi*e* .i,e, of vertical inte"ration or
*isinte"ration/ remaine* the same, 6)t the sstem ten*s to
enco)ra"e this 8in* of arran"ement0 while *isco)ra"in" inte"ra>
tion, Th)s all three enter-rises0 in the e@am-le "iven a+ove0 are
)n*er the same ministrI the ministrDs -lan is e@-resse* in val)e
of "ross o)t-)t, Th)s the a+ove arran"ement D-asD the ministr,
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This lea*s me to another -oint0 which mi"ht a--ear D-hiloso-h>
icalD +)t is in fact f)n*amental0 as ever Soviet reformer>economist
well 8nows, :hat is the val)e of o)t-)tG Can it +e +ase* merel
on costG :h *o we sa that "oo*s A0 6 an* C are worth [15
millionG S)rel +eca)se two factors are -resent in the -rocess of
-rice formation? costs an* a mar8et val)ation of the -ro*)ct,
This lea*s one strai"ht into the heart of recent Soviet *isc)ssions
on val)e an* -rice, Th)s an a*mira+le article + two lea*in"
mathematical economists E)otes Mar@ to the effect that )n*er
comm)nism Dtime s-ent on -ro*)ction wo)l* +e *etermine* +
the *e"ree of social )tilit of this or that -ro*)ctD0 an* that it is
o+vio)s anhow that two *ifferin" -ro*)ct mi@es that ha--en to
cost the same to -ro*)ce cannot0 in an meanin"f)l sense0 +e
hel* to +e of eE)al val)e or worth merel for that reason,
<
In other wor*s0 Soviet in*)strial or farm -rices0 which *o not
reflect .save + chance/ s)--l an* *eman* con*itions0 are in
-rinci-le rather ina*eE)ate Dwei"htsD0 a -oor meas)rin">ro* for
meas)rin" o)t-)t an* its "rowth, Of co)rse0 e@istin" :estern
-rices s)ffer from *istortions0 an* it wo)l* +e a+s)r* to *en
that n)mero)s im-erfections affect the -ict)re here too, 6)t
some sort of val)ation thro)"h a mar8et *oes more or less fin*
reflection in most of o)r -rices0 certainl in theor0 -artiall in
-ractice,
Then wh not )se a :estern recom-)tationG To this eas wa
o)t there are the followin" o+Cections?
105 Man of them .e,", 6er"sonDs/ )se Soviet -rices0 an* the
a*C)stment for s)+si*ies an* t)rnover ta@ *oes not eliminate the
D-hiloso-hicalD *o)+ts,
106 Even the most caref)l an* -ainsta8in" )se of Soviet
-rice lists R an* 6er"son0 Moorsteen0 N)tter an* other
American analsts are most thoro)"h an* )se ever scra- of
evi*ence availa+le R *oes not free them from the necessit of
*evisin" -rice in*ices to act as D*eflatorsD0 an* this is a tas8
fra)"ht with "reat *iffic)lt for reasons alrea* "iven,
107 Parts of the statistical *ata were sim-l missin", Some
were covere* + a sec)rit c)rtain .those for arms0 shi-s0
aircraft0 electronics0 even some non>ferro)s metals/, 6)t others
were availa+le in too a""re"ate* a form for effective )se in an
in*e@?
Appendix? A 8ote on #ro$th Rates 1!5
even s)ch sim-le thin"s as +rea*0 f)rnit)re0 clothin"0 wine0 or more
com-le@ items s)ch as instr)ments an* im-lements0 lathes0
refri"erators come in ver man *ifferent sha-es0 siFes an* E)al>
ities, A chan"e in -ro*)ct mi@ within each of these a""re"ate*
cate"ories o)"ht to fin* its reflection in an in*e@0 an* the
necessar information was not availa+le, In the case of national
income a +i" *ifference to the res)lt is ma*e + the wei"ht assi"ne*
to a"ric)lt)re0 which -)lls *own the "eneral "rowth in*e@, Owin" to
the -ec)liarities of a"ric)lt)ral -rices0 official in*ices ten* to
)n*erwei"ht this sector, 6)t what is the correct wei"htG
.</ There is some *isa"reement +etween e@-erts0 estimates of
in*)strial "rowth in the -erio* #$('R15 ran"in" from an in*e@ of
4(1 + Seton to &4% + N)tter .the incre*i+le official in*e@ fi")re is
#0#(&/,
For more recent ears0 the CIA has -)+lishe* estimates0 +ase* on
the most thoro)"h analsis of evi*ence0 +)t the evi*ence is
incom-lete0 an*0 interestin"l eno)"h0 some Soviet critics .not onl
7hanin an* Sel)nin/ ma8e a lar"er *ownwar* amen*ment of the
official claims than *oes the CIA,
:e co)l* -erha-s a"ree that the USSR *i* in*)strialiFe ra-i*l
after #$('0 that in *oin" so it ha* to overcome "rave *iffic)lties of a
8in* which the Unite* States *i* not have to face .social0 -olitical0
"eo"ra-hic0 ver *ifferent historical tra*itions0 etc,/ an* that the
wor* Dra-i*lD cannot +e "iven -recision, Other co)ntries a--ear to
have "rown as fast0 or faster0 an* to have recovere* from *isasters
too? 2a-an0 for instance, 6)t it ma8es little sense to *erive from this
a moral concernin" the efficac of sstems an* "overnment0 as if
2a-anese metho*s co)l* have +een a--lie* in R)ssia .or Pa8istan0 or
Me@ico/, Each co)ntrDs "rowth -ath an* *evelo-ment -otential are
a f)nction of man factors )niE)e to them0 an* co-in" is freE)entl
E)ite im-ractica+le0 or wo)l* lea* to ver *ifferent res)lts in an
)ncon"enial environment, Nor sho)l* reso)rce en*owment +e
overloo8e* as a factor? the hi"hest rates of all were achieve* in
7)wait,
If we reall wishe* to meas)re the s-ecificall Soviet contri+)>
tion to R)ssiaDs "rowth0 we wo)l* nee* to 8now what wo)l* have
ha--ene* if some other re"ime ha* -resi*e* over the -rocess of
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*evelo-ment, 6)t since0 for all we 8now or can 8now0 the
alternative to 9enin in the "iven circ)mstances was *isinte"ration0
the e@ercise co)l* scarcel +e meanin"f)ll attem-te*,
It is0 however0 a -oliticall si"nificant fact that n)mero)s
Soviet economists0 historians0 -)+licists0 loo8 at the recor* since
the revol)tion0 o+serve to*aDs *isastro)s *ecline0 an* concl)*e
that the roa* chosen + 9enin was f)n*amentall the wron"
roa*, The "i"antic scale of h)man losses an* s)fferin"0 the
sacrifices0 the enth)siasm of Fealots in the twenties an* thirties0
the terror0 -ro*)ce* in the en* a lo->si*e*0 inefficient an*
)nvia+le economic sstem0 which co)l* not even claim e@ce-tion>
all hi"h "rowth rates0 once the fi")res were revise* *ownwar*s,
It has +een claime* that the USSR in the ei"hties was as far
+ehin* the Unite* States as was the R)ssian Em-ire in #$#&, So
statistical revisions have ha* a -olitical role in *e>le"itimiFin" the
Soviet re"ime an* contri+)tin" to its colla-se,
2i+lio)raphy
The followin" is a short0 selecte* +i+lio"ra-h of wor8s in En"lish?
General /oo0s on +oviet 7istor-
E, H, CARR? A History of Soviet R%ssia .Macmillan/, Of the man
vol)mes alrea* -)+lishe* or -re-are*0 of -artic)lar im-ortance
to economic historians are the followin"?
RThe )olshevi1 Revol%tion, =O=J!EG, =ol, ( .#$1(0 also Pelican0
#$%%/
RSocialism in Nne 7o%ntry, =ol, # .#$1'/
R&o%ndations of a Planned Economy, =OED!>, =ol, # .with R, :,
3avies/ .#$%$0 also Pelican0 #$4</
!, HOS7IN!? A History of the Soviet Qnion .FontanaBCollins0
#$'1/
9, 7OCHAN? The Ma1ing of Modern R%ssia .2onathan Ca-e0 #$%(0
an* Pelican0 #$%&/
P, 9YASHCHEN7O? The History of the National Economy of R%ssia to
the igiy Revol%tion .Macmillan0 N,Y,0 #$<$/
M, MCAU9EY? The Soviet Qnion since Nineteen Seventeen .9on">
mans0 #$'#/
R, w, PETHY6RI3!E? A History of Postar R%ssia .Allen L Unwin0
#$%%/
99EF /i,lio&ra!h-
'he )cono$-D General
>. JOBBG So'iet ;conomic Ae'elopment since 34, (rd edition
.Ro)tle*"e0 #$%%/
M, E99MAN? Socialist Planning .Cam+ri*"e0 #$4'/
*. GE)S27ENK)ONG ;conomic >ackBardness in Cistorical Perspect,
i'e .Harvar* Universit Press0 #$%(I Prae"er0 #$%1/
P. ). G)EGO)O nd ). c. S9U*)9G So'iet ;conomic Structure and
Performance .Har-er L Row0 #$'%/
M, 9A=I!NE? The Socialist Economies .Martin Ro+ertson0 #$4</
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129 i=id., ?ol. ./, p. .1.
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133 i=id., p. ((4.
134 i=id., pp. 4.4, 4.1.
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136 i=id., pp. 11&,11.,11(.
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139 ;enin, ?ol. (., p. ...
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#$&</0 P> <$>
147 9enin0 =ol, (%0 -, 1#$,
148 i=id., pp. /&1-..
149 Po"re+ins80 -, &5,
150 E, Plima8? Novy mir, No, %0 #$%%0 -, #'&, The E)otation
within the E)otation is from a +oo8 + A, Mates on #4$&><,
151 9enin0 =ol, (40 --, (#(>#<,
152 M, 3o++? R%ssian Economic 'evelo#ment since the
Revol%tion .Ro)tle*"e0 #$('/0 -, <$,
153 En"lish translation .Mac!i++on L 7ee/0 -, (1',
154 =ais+er"0 -, 15,
155 H, !, :ells0 R%ssia m the Shados .9on*on0 #$(#/0 -, #&4,
156 =ene*i8tov0 -, <<10 E)otin" the con"ress re-ort,
157 =ene*i8tov0 -, <<%,
158 R, :, 3avies? 'evelo#ment of the Soviet )%dgetary System
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159 Novy mir, No, #( .#$%%/0 -, (1$,
160 N, 6)8harin? E1onomi1a #ere1hodnovo #erioda .#$(5/,
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Ed Sovets1oe narodnoe 1ho2yaistvo, #$(#>10 e*ite* + I, !la*8ov
.Moscow0 i$%5/0 -, 1&#,
162 6)8harin an* Preo+raFhens8? A2"%1a 1om%ni2ma .#$#$/0 --,
#$1>%,
163 E*itorial note to 9enin .R)ssian/0 =ol, <(0 -, &$4,
164 =ais+er"0 -, $4,
165 i=id., p. 1&..
166 9enin .R)ssian/0 =ol, <50 -, &$10 e*itorial footnote,
167 E1onomi1a #ere1hodnovo #erioda .Moscow0 #$(5/0 -, #<4,
168 9enin0 =ol, &50 -, &#< .# Fe+r)ar #$(5/,
169 i+i*,0 =ol, &(0 --, <<>1,
170 See S, Pavl)chen8ov0 Arg%menty ifa1ty, No, #50#$$5,
171 i+i*,0 =ol, � -, #(#,
172 9enin .R)ssian/0 =ol, <50 -, &($,
173 i+i*,0 =ol, <(0 -, #$&,
174 i+i*,0 -, #'1,
175 i+i*,0 =ol, <&0 -, <&&0 e*itorial notes,
176 i+i*,0 =ol, <(0 -, &<$,
177 9enin0 =ol, &50 -, &&(,
178 i+i*,0 =ol, &(0 -, #1%,
179 6estni1 Sotsialistiches1oi A1ademii .=SA/0 No, # .#$((/0 -, #&',
References 115
180 i+i*,0 -, #<%,
181 i+i*,0 --, #<'>$,
182 i+i*,0 No, ( .#$(&/0 -, #$1,
183 New Economic Polic, See ne@t cha-ter,
184 =SA0 No, ( .#$(&/,
185 =7A0 No, $ .#$(</0 --, #510#54,
186 =SA0 Nos, %0 4 .#$(&></0 P> &&(>
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192 9enin .R)ssian/0 =ol, <50 --, &&4>$,
193 i+i*,0 =ol, <&0 -, &'1 an* a"ain -, &'4,
Chapter 1
194 9enin0 =ol, &(0 -, #1%,
195 !la*8ov .#$(#>1/0 -, (&$0 also !, 7on)8hov? ;PSS v "or"e s
1hle"nymi 2atr%dneniyami v strane .Moscow0 i$%5/0 -, &',
196 9enin0 =ol, &(0 -, #'1,
197 i+i*,0 =ol, &&0 -, #5<,
198 =SA0 No, ( .#$(&/0 -, #4&,
199 Samo8hvalov0 -, #(#,
200 !la*8ov .#$(#>1/0 --, #$&0 #$<,
201 i+i*,0 --, &#%>#4,
$Polans80 -, <'<I also e*itorial notes to 9enin .R)ssian/0 ?ol. <<0
P> 1<<>
202 =ais+er"0 -, %&,
203 Polans80 --, <'1>%,
204 !la*8ov .#$(#>1/0 -, (5',
205 i+i*,0 -, 1((,
206 i+i*,0 --, &4<0 &440 &'50 &'40 &'$,
207 9enin0 =ol, 1< .R)ssian/0 -, #&$,
208 =SA0 No, < .#$(&/0 -, ($,
209 Polans80 -, <$%,
210 E,", see =SA .#$(&/I O, Y), Shmi*t? DMathematical laws of
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440 )e#erences
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currenc+ issue,C etc.
211 ;. N. Ouro:s,+G Aene(hnaya Politika So'etskoi -lasti
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#i$ures.
212 9hese nd other detils h:e =een t,en #ro" Pol+ns,+, p. 490.
213 ?is=er$, p. /1.
214 ?S*, Nos. 4-1 !19.(-4%, pp. (14-11.
215 ;. Gto:s,+ in ?is=er$, p. 4&.
216 8uoted #ro" So'ety narodno'o kho(yaist'a i plano'ye organy '
tsentre inamestakh, 34,8* !>osco5, 19/1%, pp. 1(1-..
217 i=id., p. 1/4 nd S"o,h:lo:, p. 1/(.
218 E. 7. 2rr nd ). -. J:iesG 1oundations of a Planned
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219 S"o,h:lo:, p. 91.
220 i=id., p. 1/9.
221 See in prticulr the :lu=le 5or, o# >l#e+e:, /storiya
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222 ;. Krits"nG Problemy ekonomiki, No. 4-/ !19(&%, p. 11.
223 Gld,o: !19.1-/%, p. 191.
224 Krits"n, pp. 1,9,11.
225 ?is=er$, p. 4(.
226 2ited #ro" >. ;e5inG 7a paysannerie et la pou'oir so'ietiHue
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En$lish trnsltion, *llen ] Un5in, 1940%.
227 9. ShninG 0he .BkBard Elass: Political Sociology of Peasantry
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228 . Cistory of So'iet Russia: Socialism in one Eountry, ?ol. 1, p.
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229 /storiya SSSR, No. (, 1909.
230 ?K*, No. 0 !19.4%, p. 4&.
231 Ou. >osh,o:G Ierno'aya problema ' gody sploshnoi
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232 ?is=er$, p. (&0.
233 Pol+ns,+, p. 410.
234 Inamya, No. 1&, 1900 nd No. (,199&.
235 2ited #ro" S. Sch5rEG 7abour in the So'iet @nion !2resset,
19/(%, p. 4.
236 ?is=er$, p. .1(.
237 i=id., p. .14.
238 Jt re reprinted in >. Je5rG 7abour Policy in the @SSR
!).I.I.*., 19/4%.
239 S. Gi""el#r=G Problemy ekonomiki, No. 4/ !19(1%, p. (1.
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241 i=id., p. .14.
242 i=id., p. 190.
Chapter *
243 ;enin, ?ol. (., pp. 4.9-(&.
244 See Ou. *#ns+e:Cs nd >. Ge#terCs contri=utions to /nogo tie
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245 En$lish trnsltion =+ Brin Perce, 0he "eB ;conomics
!Ox#ord Uni:ersit+ Press, 1944%.
246 CEcono"ic eFuili=riu" in the s+ste" o# the USS)C, pu=lished
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So'iet Strategy for ;conomic DroBth !Indin Uni:ersit+ Press, 1944%.
247 6or "ore s+ste"tic ccount, see *. No:eG CNe5 ;i$ht on
9rots,+Cs Econo"ic ?ie5sC, .merican Sla'ic Re'ieB !Jece"=er 190&%.
)eders should lso =e 5re o# ). J+G 7eon 0rotsky and the Politics
of ;conomic /solation !2"=rid$e, 191(%.
248 See 9rots,+ rchi:e, 9(&&1 !19.4%, 5here stroit' nd postroif
re distin$uished =+ hi" in n unpu=lished "nuscript.
249 PolitiHue des in'estissements et calcul economiHue !2uIs, Pris,
1944%.
250 i=id., p. ((.
251 E. Jo"rG ;ssays in the 0heory of ;conomic DroBth !Ne5
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252 6. 7olE"nG C9he So:iet Url-KuEnets, 2o"=ineC, 8urterl+
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1&&%.
253 V. K. V:eEdin, in -oprosy istorii 2PSS, No. ( !1941%, p. //.
Chapter %
254 !6i:e-+er pln docu"ent% Pyatiletnii plan nar. kho(.
stroitelst'a SSSR !>osco5, 19(&%, ?ol. ., p. (4.
255 I cn #ind no laB erlier thn 19(..
256 O. Golnd, Inamya, No. (,199&, p. 141.
257 i=id., p. 144.
258 >,#e+c:, p. 1((.
259 G. Kon+u,ho:G 2PSS ' horbe s khlebnym =strndneniyami '
strtne !>osco5, i94&%.
260 ?. No:oEhilo:G -estnikfinanso', No. .,19.4.
1*- References
261 For a val)a+le *isc)ssion on these -ro+lems0 see =, Ma) in
6o#rosy e1onomi1i, No, %0#$$5,
262 Y), Nova8ovs8? Potre"itet,s1aya 1oo#eratsiya na =G god%
o1tya"r,s1oi revol%tsii .Tsentroso)F0 Moscow0 #$($/0 --, 1>#(,
263 9, Tro-arevs8aa0 in E1onomi1a i matematiches1ie metody, No,
%0 #$'$0 -, #55(,
264 E1onomiches1aya 2hi2ri SSSR, -, #'' .hereinafter E12h-5-
265 Planovoye 1ho2yaistvo, No, (0 -, #5 ff,
266 Yet Ma)rice 3o++0 in his #$%% e*ition of Soviet Economic
'evelo#ment since =>=J, contin)es to ar")e that the -lan mi"ht have
+een feasi+le +)t for s)+seE)ent chan"es in +oth the -lan an* the
sit)ation,
267 2, Stalin0 Wor1s .in En"lish/0 =ol, #50 -, &#(,
268 3etaile* fi")res + re"ions ma +e fo)n* in 7on)8hov0 --, %<>
1,
269 Cite* + 7on)8hov0 -, %%, The Smolens8 archives also -rovi*e
evi*ence,
270 i+i*,0 -, %',
271 Stalin0 =ol, ##0 --, 10 %,
272 7on)8hov0 -, 4(,
273 i+i*,0 -, 4',
274 i+i*,0 -, #(',
275 i+i*,0 --, #<%>Q4,
276 i+i*,0 -, ##$,
277 Stalin0 =ol, ##0 -, 4, Note that this was not #%"lished )ntil #$<$,
278 i+i*,0 =ol, ##0 -, #%%,
279 The lower fi")re is "iven in the five>ear -lan *oc)ment0 =ol, (0
P> &N>
280 Malafeev? $storiya tsenoo"ra2ovaniya v SSSR .Moscow0 #$%</0
-, ##$,
281 Pravda, (1 Ma #$($,
282 Stalin0 =ol, #(0 -, <&,
283 i+i*,0 -, #1(,
284 N, =alentinov? Sotsialistiches1ii 6estni1 .New Yor80 A-ril #$%#/,
Chapter 5
285 N, Ivnits8? 6o#rosy istorii ;PSS, No, < .#$%(/0 -, 1%,
286 Mosh8ov0 --, 1%0 1$0 %&>%,
287 i+i*,0 -, %1,
288 i+i*,0 -, %$,
289 M, 6o"*en8o0 in $storiches1ie 2a#is1i, No, 4%0 -, (50 an*
S, Tra-eFni8ov? $storiches1ii o#yt ;PSS--- .Moscow0 #$1$/0 -, #41,
290 All this from Ivnits80 --, %#>1, .Not -)+lishe* )ntil over thirt
ears after the event,/
)e#erences 4/1
291 =ltsan et al,0 -, %,
292 i+i*,0 -, 4,
293 Ivnits80 -, %<,
294 6o"*en8o0 --, (#0 (%,
295 N)mero)s citations ma +e fo)n* in 9ewin0 cha-ter #4,
296 Stalin0 =ol, #(0 --, #4%0#44,
297 N, Ivnits8? ;lassovaya "or,"a v derevnye i li1vidatsiya
1%lachestva 1a1 1lassa .Moscow0 #$4(/0 --, ($'>$,
298 Nedelya, No, #10 #$'',
299 =ltsan et ah0 -, #',
300 Stalin0 =ol, #(0 -, #$<,
301 I, Trifonov? Ncher1i istorii 1lassovoi "or,"y v SSSR v gody Ne#a
.Moscow0 i$%5/0 -, (&4,
302 See Cha-ter #( in M, Fainso*? Smolens1 %nder Soviet R%le
.Macmil>lan0 #$1'/, .The Smolens8 archives were ca-t)re* + the
!ermans an* then + the Americans,/
303 For e@am-le0 see !or*on an* 7lo-ov0 7hto eto "ylo .Moscow0
#$'$/,
304 Soviet St%dies .2)l #$%%/0 --, (5>&4,
305 6o"*en8o0 --, ((0 (<,
306 i+i*,0 -, ($,
307 Mosh8ov0 --, '(>&,
308 6o"*en8o0 -, (5,
309 Stalin0 =ol, #(0 -, #$$0 -)+lishe* in Pravda, ( March #$&5,
310 =ltsan et al,0 -, 4,
311 6o"*en8o0 -, (',
312 i+i*,0 -, &5,
313 i+i*,0 -, &%,
314 =ltsan et al,0 -, <,
315 This was criticiFe* in a central committee *ecision of (% >rch
19( +)t of co)rse was *)e to centrall im-ose* -olicies,
316 The Soil Q#t%rned .En"lish translation0 Moscow0 #$&</0 -, 1/..
317 A+lFheFin et al,0 6o#rosy istorii, No, 40#$'$,
318 Mosh8ov0 -, ##(,
319 i+i*,0 --, #11>%,
320 i+i*,0 --, #5#0#1%0#4%,
321 i+i*,0 -, #4%,
322 J)ote* from RS&SR, Qgolovnyi ;ode1s .#$&%/0 --, #(5>(#,
323 Pravda, #5 March #$%&,
324 Mosh8ov0 -, ((4,
325 i+i*,0 -, #&4,
326 i+i*,0 --, #$5>$#,
327 i+i*,0 -, (5#,
328 i+i*,0 -, (#10 E)otin" archive materials,
1*7 References
329 See Sla'ic Re'ieB, Sprin$ 1991, p. 04.
330 i=id., p. .1/.
331 VeleninG /storicheskie Iapiski, No. 14 !194/%,
p. /(. 40>osh,o:, p. .11.
332 Velenin, p. 44.
333 See S. >,sudo:G Poteri naseleniya SSSR !Ne5 Oor,, 1909%U
S. -hetcro#t in So'iet Studies, *pril 199&U ). 2onFuestG Car'est of
SorroB !7utchinson, 1904%U >. 9olCts in Rodina, No. 11, 1909, nd
"n+ others.
334 VeleninG /storiya SSSR, No. / !1944%, p. .4.
335 Jecree o# .& Jece"=er 19.9, ;k(k, pp. ..(-4.
336 VeleninG /storicheskie Iapiski, No. 14, p. /..
337 i=id., p. /0.
// In his speech i# .( 6e=rur+ 19((.
J% ;k(k, p. .14.
338 i=id., p. .04.
339 6or instnce >illrCs rticles in So'iet Studies !<ul+ 191&% nd
Sla'ic Re'ieB !Jece"=er 1914%, nd Ell"nCs Socialist Planning
!2"=rid$e, 1910%, 2hpter 4, nd ;conomic Kournal !Jece"=er
191/%.
340 )eports =+ 2irns, Pu=lic )ecord O##ice, 6.O. (11A14(.9
!19(.%, $i:es de:sttin$ picture o# the conditions o# the ti"e.
Chapter &
341 Stlin, ?ol. 1., p. (1.
342 i=id., p. 4&.
343 I. B=elG /(brannoe !>osco5, 1944%, p. .01.
344 P. S"its+nG "o'y tnir. No. 0 !1941%, p. 4.
345 Po$re=ins,+, p. 11..
346 I. Gld,o:G Postroenie fundamenta sotsialistkheskoi ekonomiki '
SSSR ig*LM8*.
347 >l#e+e:, p. 1(9.
348 i=id., p. 140.
349 Jecree o# .. No:e"=er 19(&.
350 >l#e+e:, p. 141.
351 i=id., p. 141.
352 G. Nei"nG Plano'oe kho(yaist'o, Nos. 4, 1 !19(.%, pp. 110-19.
353 >l#e+e:, p. 144. !*rchi:e "terils not pre:iousl+ pu=lished.%
354 i=id., pp. 11.-(.
355 i=id., pp. 14/,109.
356 i=id., p. 19(.
357 i=id., p. 4&..
References 1*!
358 i+i*,0 -, #$& .Dcom-)lsorD -ro*)cts were those which c)stomers
hd to +) as a con*ition for +)in" what the reall wante*/,
359 i+i*,0 -, #4<,
360 i+i*,
361 i+i*,
362 Stalin0 =ol, #&0 -, (5<,
363 3ecrees of (5 Octo+er #$&50 #1 Novem+er #$&(0 an* others, See
SchwarF0 -, $' ff,
EKE121,#- (&<,
364 Malafeev0 --, #'#>(,
365 i+i*,0 -, #'(,
366 Stalin0 =ol, #&0 -, ('&,
367 Samo8hvalov0 -, ('&,
368 All these -artic)lars are well set o)t in Samo8hvalov0 -, (&' nd
--, ('5>$(,
369 E,",0 *ecrees of #< 2an)ar0 (5 March0 an* (& 2)l #$&#,
370 Seventeenth -art con"ress0 stenotchet, -, %4,
371 i+i*,0 -, ((4,
372 i+i*,0 -, %(, 6rea8*owns therefore occ)rre* elsewhereH
373 i+i*,0 -, ((4,
374 Y, Ni8)li8hin? =7A No, #< .#$&&/0 --, 14>',
375 See !, Neiman0 o-, cit,0 Nos, #>( an* 1>% .#$&&/0 which *evotes
several articles to the railwa crisis,
376 i+i*,0 Nos, 1>% .#$&&/0 -, #1,
377 i+i*,0 Nos, 1>%0 --, (4&>4,
378 Stalin? 9etter to Proletars1aya revoly%tsiya, re-rinte* in his
Wor1s, =ol, #&0 --, '% ff,
379 7averinDs memoirs0 Novy mir, No, ## .#$%%/0 -, #&',
380 DConferencesD )se* to meet +etween Dcon"ressesD0 an* are of lo5er
stat)s,
381 Seventeenth con"ress0 stenotchet, -, (&',
382 i+i*,0 -, (15,
383 i+i*,0 -, (1',
Chapter
384 Sots- nor- 1ho2- v =>GG!@A, --, (5<>1,
385 i+i*,0 -, %(<,
386 i+i*,0 -, ((#,
387 i+i*,0 -, ((1,
388 i+i*,0 -, #(4,
389 i+i*,0 -, #(1,
4/4 )e#erences
390 "ar. kho(. SSSR !19/4%, p. ./1.
391 Sots nar- 1ho2- v =>GG!@A, -, 1&1.
392 i=id., pp. 1&0,1&9.
393 Re")lation cite* in A, 6a8ov? The 'evelo#ment of the Soviet
Economic System !2"=rid$e Uni:ersit+ Press, 1944%, p. .(1.
394 "ar. kho(. !19/4%, pp. 11., .&4.
395 Sots nar. kho(. ' 388,+!, p. /&4. 9hese Cton-,ilo"etresC
co"=ine #rei$ht nd pssen$er tr##ic =+ si"ple #or"ul.
396 i=id., pp. /14, /10.
397 i=id., pp. .&4-/.
398 i=id., p. .&4.
399 i=id., p. 01.
400 See Sotsiologiches1ie issledovaniya, Nos, %0 4 an* '0#$$5,
401 i=id., No. 4,1991.
402 Sots nar- 1ho2 v =>GG!@A, -, &41,
403 >l#e+e:, pp. 41,119.
404 Sots nar- 1ho2- v =>GG!@A, -, <1$,
405 i=id., p. (14.
406 I. VeleninG Ierno'ye so'kho(y SSSR !>osco5, 1944%, pp. 10-
19.
407 i=id., p. 1.4.
408 >l#e+e:, p. 4&(, citin$ rchi:es.
409 Sots nar- 1ho2 v =>GG!@A, --, &''>$,
410 i=id., p. 44&.
411 >l#e+e:, p. 19..
412 i=id., pp. .&(-/.
413 i=id., p. .&/.
414 <net 2hp"nG Real Nages in So'iet Russia !7r:rd
Uni:ersit+ Press, 194(%, p. 1/(.
415 Sots nar. 1ho2 v =>GG!@A, -, 1%1,
416 i=id., p. //0.
417 i=id., p. /4&.
418 =, Petrov et al,0 S#ravochni1 #o stav1am naloga s o"orota i
"y%d2het!nykh natsenok !>osco5, 19//%.
419 G. >r+,hinG "alogo'aya sistema SSSR !>osco5, 19/.%.
420 i=id., p. /9..
421 Sots nar- 1ho2 v =>GG!@A, -, (5,
422 i=id., p. /11 !Fuotin$ rchi:es%.
423 i=id., p. .1(.
424 i=id., p. (0&.
425 See, #or instnce, Sotsialisticheskaya (akonnost', No. 11
!194&%, pp. 4&-4..
426 Sots nar- 1ho2 v =>GG!@A, -, &'',
427 i=id., p. 411.
References 1**
428 SchwarF0 --, 1&4-1/.
429 Sotsialistiches1aya 2a1onnost,, No, $0 --, 9-14,(&,
430 i+i*,0 --, ##0#40 %%,
431 i+i*,0 --, #40%(,
432 i+i*,0 No, #50 -, 1#,
433 i+i*,0 No, $0 -, #&,
434 i+i*,0 No, #50 -, 1(,
435 i+i*,0 No, ##0 --, %%>4,
436 i+i*,
437 i+i*,0 No, (0 -, '#,
438 At some *ates a Chief S)--lies 3e-artment .!lavsna+/ ha* a
se-arate e@istence,
Chapter 1-
439 Ya, Cha*aev? E1onomi1a SSSR, =>@=!@H .Moscow0
#$%1/0 --, 1$>%5,
440 All this is f)ll *oc)mente* in the official $storiya veli1oi
otechestvennoi voiny, =>@=!H, =ol, I0 --, <#(>#<,
441 There is a fascinatin" *escri-tion of how the *efence in*)stries
o-erate* in the memoirs of =, Emelanov in Novy mir, No, # .#$%4/0 --,
1>'(,
442 $storiya---, =>@=!H, ?ol. II0 -, #<',
443 Cha*aev0 -, 41,
%E, 9o8shin? Promyshlennost, SSSR, =>@A!DG .Moscow0 1944%,
PP> <50<&>
444 Cha*aev0 -, %1,
445 9o8shin0 -, 15,
446 i+i*,0 -, 1&,
447 $storiya---, =>@=s, =ol, =I0 -, <%,
448 Cha*aev0 -, $&,
449 i+i*,0 -, #<&,
450 Malafeev0 -, (#',
451 $storiya---, =>@=!H, =ol, =I0 -, <',
452 i+i*,0 -, 4(,
453 i+i*,0 -, %(,
454 Sovets1oye 1restyanstvo v gody veli1oi otechestvennoi voiny
.Moscow0 #$45/,
455 Ar)t)nan0 --, (5&0 (5<,
456 I+i*,0 --, &&$0 &<5,
457 $storiya---, =>@=!H, =ol, =I0 -, $',
458 For a f)ll acco)nt0 see A, 3allin? (erman R%le in R%ssia, =>@=!
@H, A St%dy in Ncc%#ation Policies .Macmillan0 #$14/,
1*% References
459 N, =oFnesens8? 6oennaya e1onomi1a SSSR v #eriod
otechestvennoi voiny .Moscow0 #$<'/0 -, ##5,
460 Malafeev0 -, ((1,
461 $storiya,,,, =>@=!H, =ol, =I0 -, 41,
462 =oFnesens80 -, ##4>#',
463 Tr%d v SSSR .Moscow0 #$%'/0 #$&',
464 =oFnesens80 -, ##&,
465 $storiya,,,0 =>@=!H, =ol, =I0 -, 41,
466 Malafeev0 --, (('>$,
467 Cha*aev0 -, #5',
468 Malafeev0 -, (&1,
469 i+i*,0 -, (&<,
470 i+i*,0 -, (&1,
471 &inansy i 1redit SSSR .Moscow0 #$1%/0 -, #(&,
472 E1- 2h-0 --, &$40<5$0 <(#,
473 3ecree of #& 2)ne #$<&,
474 $storiya,,,, =>@=!H, =ol, =I0 -, 4$,
475 See for instance =, Pola8ov in Mos1va No, %0 #$'$0 -, &,
7)r"anov in Arg%menty ifa1ty, No, #&0 #$$50 -, 40 has a sli"htl hi"her
fi")re0 (',% million0 the *ifference +ein" *)e to a hi"her estimate of the
-o-)lation in 2)ne #$<#,
476 =oFnesens80 --, #%5>%#,
477 E1-21, -, <(# .E)otin" a *ecision of (4 Ma #$<</
478 !eneral !or+atov0 Ngonyo1, No, (50 #$'',
ha!ter 11
lE121yP- <&<,
479 M, Mac3)ffie? Red 7ar#et: =A,AAA Miles Thro%gh R%ssia on a
6isa from ;hr%shchev .9on*on0 #$11/,
480 Pravda, #5 Fe+r)ar #$<%,
481 E1onomi1a SSSR v #oslevoennyi #eriod, e*ite* + A, Efimov
.Moscow0 #$%(/0 --, #$0 #(1,
482 9o8shin0 -, in,
483 i+i*,0 --, #(#>(,
484 i+i*,0 -, #(<,
485 i+i*,0 -, #<',
486 E1-21,#- <%(,
487 Nar- 1ho2- .#$%1/0 -, &##,
488 Pravda, #5 3ecem+er #$%&, He also s-o8e of famine in his
memoirs0 ;hr%schev Remem"ers .9on*on0 #$4#/ --, (55>(#1,
489 E121,?- <1&,
References 1*5
490 3ecree of $ Novem+er #$<%0 E1-21, -, 44(.
491 i+i*,0 -, <14,
492 Malafeev0 --, (%%>Q4,
493 See -a"es >#$ for more *etails of retail -rices,
494 F)ll *etails of so)rces in A, Nove? DR)ral Ta@ation in the USSRD0
Soviet St%dies .Octo+er #$1&/,
495 7hr)shchev? StroitePstvo 1omm%ni2ma v SSSR .Moscow0 1944%,
=ol, (0 -, <%&,
496 This is ta8en from an o+sc)re le"al te@t+oo80 S#ravochni1#o
2a1onoda!telstv% dlya s%de"no!#ro1%rors1i1h ra"otni1ov .Moscow0
#$<$/,
497 7hr)shchev0 =ol, #&0 -, 1($,
498 E12h-, -, <$%,
499 Pravda, < an* 1 March #$15,
500 Malafeev0 -, (11,
501 3, 7on*rashev? Tsenoo"ra2ovanie v #romyshlennosti SSSR
.Moscow0
#$1%/,
502 Malafeev0 -, (<<,
503 i+i*,0 -, (1',
504 The #$15 fi")re was -)+lishe* in Nar- 1ho2- .#$%1/0 -, 1%4, It
5s secret at the time, The #$<4 fi")re still nee*s to +e ro)"hl esti>
mate*,
505 Stalin0 =ol, #(0 -, &&(,
506 Malafeev0 -, <54,
507 The sstem is well *escri+e* + F, Pror? The 7omm%nist
&oreign Trade System .Allen L Unwin0 #$%&/,
508 $2vestiya, (1 2an)ar #$<$,
509 9o8shin0 -, #14,
510 2, Stalin? Economic Pro"lems of Socialism in the QSSR .Moscow0
#$1(/0 -, '#0 in En"lish,
511 i+i*,0 -, 41,
512 Malafeev0 -, (%1,
513 7hr)shchev0 Pravda, #1 2an)ar i$%5,
514 E1-2h-, --, 1(&01(<,1&&>
515 A, Nove? DR)ral Ta@ation in the USSRD0 Soviet St%dies !Octo=er
#$1&/, P> #%<,
516 S)ch increases are im-lie* in the ta+le cite* + Malafeev0 -,
(%4,
517 =, Ovech8in? DRaonne +)*niD0 Novy mir, No, $ .#$1(/0 pp. .&4-
.1.
Chapter 1,
518 F)ll list in Pravda, #% March #$1&,
519 Malafeev0 -, (%#,
4/0 )e#erences
520 S. 6i$urno:G Rea1naya (arabotnaya plata !>osco5, i94&%, p.
19..
521 >l#e+e:, p. 41..
522 6or #ull detils o# ll this, see Khrushche:Cs speech to the
Septe"=er 19/( plenu", Pra'da, ( Septe"=er 19/(U #or texts o#
decrees nd resolutions see Airekti'y 2PSS1 so'etsko'o pra'ite1st'a
po$eho(yaist,'ennym 'oprosam !>osco5, 19/0%, ?ol. 4, pp. 14-10,4.-
14..
523 ;k(h., p. (49.
524 Airekti'y ..., ?ol. 4, pp. 19(-.&/.
525 Jecree o# ./ Jece"=er 19/4, text in Airekti'y ..., ?ol. /, pp.
(19-.0.
526 2omsomol'skaya Pra'da, .. <une 19/4.
527 Speech t No:osi=irs,. See Stroite1st'o 2ommuni(ma ' SSSR
i ra(,'itie se1sko'o kho(yaist'a !speeches =+ N. Khrushche:%, ?ol. 4, p.
.&/.
528 ;k(h., p. /41.
529 Sources set out in *. No:eG C9he Inco"e o# So:iet
PesntsC, Sla'onic Re'ieB !<une i94&%.
530 N. Khrushche:, spe,in$ to the Jece"=er 19/0 plenu". 7e
did not ",e it cler t 5ht price the in-,ind inco"e 5s :lued.
531 SSSR ' tsifrakh ' 3%# godu, p. 1.4.
532 ;k(h., p. /9(.
533 Airekti'y..., ?ol. 14, p. 4/1 ##.
534 i=id., p. 4.1.
535 I. Kule:G ! da1neishem so'ershenst'o'anii planiro'aniya i
ruko'odst'a marodnym kko(yaist'om !>osco5, 19/1%.
536 6ull detils in the StenogrHfichesky otchtt !report% o# the
Supre"e So:iet session o# 1-1& >+ 19/1.
537 6i$urno:, p. 19..
538 SSSR ' tsifrakh ' 3%# godu, p. 1./.
539 See prticulrl+ N. Bul$ninCs speech, Pra'da, 11 <ul+ 19//,
nd Sotsialistichesky trud, No. 1 !19/4%, pp. .4 ##.U N. >slo: in
-oprosy ekonomiki, No. 0 !19//%.
540 ?. >+erG Iarabotnaya plata ' periode perekhoda k 2ommmu(mu
!>osco5, 194(%, p. 41.
541 Jecree o# 1/ *u$ust 19//.
542 Jecree o# 0 >rch 19/4.
543 Jecree o# .4 >rch 19/4.
544 ./ *pril 19/4.
545 4 <une 19/4.
546 *dopted =+ Supre"e So:iet, 14 <ul+ 19/4.
547 Jecree o# .( >rch 19/1.
(1 >l#e+e:, p. (1(.
*,* ;k(h., p. /94.
(( ;k(h., p. 41(, nd Pra'da, .& <nur+ i94&.
References 1*
548 See for e@am-le ;, P)8hova0 Pravda, E 2)l #$''0 an* T,
6ol*reva0 E,7,O, No, '0#$'',
549 E1-2h-, #- DE=-
550 See A, Nove? DSoviet In*)strial Reor"aniFationD0 Pro"lems of
7omm%nism .Novem+er>3ecem+er #$14/,
551 Pravda, E 2)l #$1$,
552 Partic)larl )sef)l is O, Antonov? 'lya vse1h # dlya se"ya
.Moscow0
#$%1/>
553 E1onomiches1aya ga2eta, #5 Novem+er #$%(0 -, ',
554 For a f)ll *oc)mente* acco)nt of the res)ltin" m)**le0
see A, Nove? DThe In*)strial Plannin" Sstem? Reforms in Pros-ectD0
Soviet St%dies .2)l #$%(/,
555 !, Shmelev? 6o#rosy e1onomi1i, No, < .#$%1/,
556 E1onomiches1aya ga2eta, No, #1 .A-ril #$%4/0 -, &(,
Chapter 1!
#For evi*ence see for instance =, 3o+rnin0 6o#- e1on-, No, ##0 #$4<0
an* S, 7heinman in E,7,O,0 Nos, 1 an* %0#$'5,
557 6o#rosy e1onomi1i, No, $0#$'#,
558 Nar- 1ho2-, #$450 -, #&#,
559 Literat%rnaya ga2eta, #% Se-tem+er #$'40 -, #(,
560 I, 6irman? Secret $ncomes of the Soviet )%dget .Martin
NiChoff0 The
Ha")e0 #$'#/,
%3isc)sse* in 6o#rosy e1onomi1i, No, #50#$$5,
Chapter 11
561 Pravda, (< A-ril #$'1,
562 Re-rinte* in S%rvey .9on*on/0 s-rin" #$'<,
563 Novy mir, No, %0#$'4,
564 !or+achev0 re-orte* in Pravda, ## 2)l #$$5,
565 Pravda, ( March #$$5,
566 Novy mir, No, 10#$$50 -, #$#,
567 Novy mir, No, <0#$'',
568 Pravda, < Fe+r)ar #$'4,
569 Pravda, (1 2)l #$$5,
570 Amon" n)mero)s so)rces0 see E, !ai*ar0 ;omm%nist, No,
.,1900U *. N)i8in in Novy mir, No, (0 #$''I 3, Ya8ova0 6o#rosy
e1onomi1i, No, (0#$'',
571 See E1onomi1a i 2hi2n, No, 10 #$$#, For a *etaile* s)rve0
see 3arrell Sli*erDs article in Soviet St%dies, No. /,1991.
9:0 (e1erences
572 Amon" the first were E, !ai*ar an* O, 9atsis0 in ;omm%nist,
No, #40 #$'', Fi")res were "iven in Pravitelstvenny vestni1, No,
#'0#$'$,
573 ;omm%nist, No, (0#$$50 -, (4,
574 6o#rosy e1onomi1i, No, <0#$$50 -, <,
575 Pravda, ( Octo+er #$'4,
576 Pravda, (& Fe+r)ar #$$5,
577 Pravda, & 2)l #$$5,
578 E, !ai*ar0 Pravda, (1 2)l #$$5,
579 Ngonyo1, No, <40#$$5, 7a*ar was associate* with the
intro*)ction of the Dnew economic mechanismD in H)n"ar in #$%',
580 ;omsomols1aya Pravda, (& 2an)ar #$$#,
581 $2vestiya, (5 Se-tem+er #$$5,
582 See her article in Rodina .Ri"a/0 No, #0#$$5,
583 E1onomi1a i 2hi2n,, No, 10#$$#,
584 E1onomi1a i 2hi2n,, Nos, #' an* (&0#$$#0 an* $2vestiya, &5
Se-tem+er #$$#,
585 E1onomi1a i 2hi2n,, No, #<0#$$#,
586 E1onomi1a i 2hi2n,, No, (#0 #$$#,
587 ;omsomols1aya Pravda, (& A-ril #$$#,
588 Re-rinte* in E1onomi1a i 2hi2n,, No, &50#$$#,
ha!ter 15
# See R, :, 3avies? DSome Soviet Economic ControllersD0 Soviet St%dies
5an)ar0 A-ril an* 2)l i$%5/ an* also review>article + !, Po-ov in
Na%1a i 2hi2n,, No, < .#$'4/,
( This was ar")e* + !, 9isich8in in Plan i ryno1 .Moscow0 #$%%/0 an*
more recentl + others,
& DHistor0 Hierarch an* NationalitiesD0 Soviet St%dies, 2)l #$%$,
A!!endiA
r A, 6er"son? The Real National $ncome of Soviet R%ssia since igE?, --,
(('0 (&4,
589 M, 9emeshev0 in 6o#rosy e1onomi1i, No, < .#$'%/0 -, $#,
590 A, Nove? Has Soviet (roth 7eased? .Manchester Statistical
Societ0
#$'&/,
< A, 7atsenehn+oi"en an* S, Shatalin0 in 6o#rosy e1onomi1i, No, <
.#$%4/0 --, $'>#5%,
#lossary
The followin" are some R)ssian wor*s )se* freE)entl in the te@t, The
are first "iven in italic in the te@t0 +)t some ver freE)entl re-eate*
terms0 li8e 8)la8 or 8ol8hoF0 have +een treate* as En"lish wor*s an*
"iven En"lish -l)rals,
Artel,: An coo-erative wor8 "ro)-0 +)t -artic)larl an a"ric)lt)ral
collective, (lav1 .-l)ral glav1i5: Chief *e-artment0 e,", in a
ministr or other
central instit)tion, (ose1onom1omissiya: State Economic Commission
for c)rrent -lannin", (os#lan: State Plannin" Commission .Committee/0
attache* to "overnment, ;%la1: Rich -easant,
;ol1ho2 41olle1tivnoe 1ho2yaistvo5: Collective farm, ;ho2raschyot:
Economic or commercial acco)ntin", MTS: Machine Tractor Station
.a+olishe* #$1'/, Nachalstvo: 6osses, Nar- 1ho2- 4narodnoe
1ho2yaistvo5: 9iterall DPeo-leDs .or national/
economD, Often )se* as title of a statistical han*+oo8 or ann)al,,
NEP: New Economic Polic .#$(#>$G/, Ne#man: 6eneficiar of
NEP0 -rivate tra*er or man)fact)rer, N"1om: Part committee
oio"last,- N"last,: Province,
N"yedineniye: DAssociationD containin" several enter-rises, Politotdel:
Political *e-artment in some instit)tion .e,", MTS0 railwas0
arm/, Polit"%rea%: Political +)rea) of central committee o# the
2o""unist ,
PartI to- a)thorit in -art .calle* -resi*i)m0 #$1(>%%/,
Prodra2verst1a: Com-)lsor *eliver to the $o:ern"ent o# CsurplusC
foo*st)ffs + the -easants, RS&SR: R)ssian Soviet Fe*erative
Socilist )epu=lic !)ussi proper%.
1%, #lossary
Rai1om: Part committee of a raion-
Raton: 3istrict,
Sovnar1ho2: Re"ional or re-)+lican co)ncil of national econom .e@ce-t
that a USSR sovnar8hoF e@iste*0 #$%(>1/,
STNB Co)ncil of 9a+o)r an* 3efence,
Travo#olye: Cro- rotation sstem,
Tr%doden, .-l)ral Tr%dodni5: :or8>*a )nits0 )se* for calc)latin" rem)>
neration in collective farms,
6SN;H 46ysshyi Sovet Narodnovo ;ho2yaistva5: S)-reme Co)ncil of
National Econom .3ecem+er #$#4>2an)ar #$&(0 also #$%&>1/,
"ndex of Su+Iects
=senteeis" .11,.(4,.4/,(/4
$riculture
=c,5rdness o# 1&1-(,114,111
eduction in 14
#"il+ contrct (9/
in 5r co""unis" /(-4
in -orld -r II .01-4
industr+, reltion 5ith 1.1,.1(,
.41-(
lnd settle"ent, e##ect o# 00,110
;enin on (.
"oderniEtion o# 1&.,1&4-1&
perestroika (9/
post-5r plnnin$ o# (&(-4,(.9
pre-re:olution 1.-14
prices 9&,(&4-1&
pri:te sector 1&&-1&1,1//
reco:er+ o# .41-N1, (10-0.
so5in$ co""ittees 11
txes on .91,(.9,(((
under Gor=che: 4&.
under Khrushche: ((4-41,(44
see also collecti:iEtionU $rinU horseU
kolkho(yO stte #r"sU trctors $ro-
to5ns (1.,(01 id #ro" -est
01,.14,.0&, .04,.9/ lcohol
14,.11,.04,(/4 llot"ents .44,.0/
see also pri:te plots "nest+ #or
politicl prisoners ((/ nti-prt+
$roup (/. nti-socilist :ie5s 4&9-1&
C*pril thesesC !1911% (. r""ents
industr+
r"s rce (&1,(.0,(11,(0/,(09
pre-5r 0,.1,110,19&,.1/,..4,
.(&,.(0,./0
-orld -r II.4&,.1/-01,.91
r"ed ser:ices 1&,..,114,..4,(.0
*r"eni 41/
erthFu,e in 4&/ arteli
!$riculturl collecti:es% 14.,
140,11&,101
ssocitions .1/,.11
B,u oil 4,91,.(.,.11,.0&,(&. =lnce
o# p+"ents 194,.1(,.44,
.9/ Bltic sttes
.4&,(&4,(49,41&,41.,
41(.41/ =n,in$
s+ste" 0, 9, (/, (4
=ud$etr+ $rnts ./0
credits 01,.11, (09
ntionliEtion o# 4(,0&
s:in$s 1(9,(00
Stte Bn, 4(,01,.11,(/0 =rter
dels 41/-14 =rterin$ /(,49 batrak
!lndless l=ourer% 1&. bednyak !poor
pesnt% 1&( =iolo$icl +ield see under
sttistics C=ipperis"C 01, 00 =lc,
"r,et 40,/(, //,1&,.&.-(,
.0. Bolshe:i,s ./-(&,1( =onds,
stte 1/1,.1.,./1-0,.9&,(14,
(.&,(((.(/4 Brest-;ito:s,,
tret+ o# !1910% (9,49 =ud$et de#icit
4&9 =ud$ets /1,01,./0,.9&,(.&,(((
under Gor=che: 4&4-H
=ureucrc+ 0.,.1.
c"ps see concentrtion c"ps. iG,,,
444 Index o# Su=Iects
censorshi- .94,&(%
71e1a .secret -olice/ 1&0 110$4
chemical in*)str (&&0(&10&(10&%(0
&450&4'0<550<#< Cherno+l
n)clear *isaster &$%04&/ chervonets
.c)rrenc/ '%0$5 Chief Economic
A*ministration
.!EU/$< China
%%0($%0&(&0&1' civil war <$
Dclose*D sho-s (5%0(## coal
forei"n -)rchases of '<
-ro*)ction #$50#$#0#$<0(&(0&110
&%&0<550<5< col* war
($<0($%0&(#0&('0&<# collective farms
see 8ol8hoF collectiviFation 1%0
#5#0#(10#&%0#<40 #1(>&0#%5>
''0((&0(($0&5%
a+)ses of #4(>&
*emonstrations a"ainst #%$
s#loshnaya .total/ #%& Comecon
.tra*in" +loc/ &((0 &1'0
&$#>(0<#& Dcomman* economD
<(& commercial acco)ntin" '(0(#10 (%$
DCommercialD stores (%&0('4
Commissariats
for In*)str an* Tra*e $&
of A"ric)lt)re #%&0(<4
of Finance '%0#(<
of Heav In*)str (#%
of Internal an* E@ternal Tra*e (#%
Peo-leDs (#40(110(%4>'0(440($10 &5#
S)--l 1( Commission of UtiliFation
%1 Dcommission tra*in"D &<% commo*it
e@chan"e '50(5&0(110&(4 comm)nal
fee*in" (1%0('10('%0 &4( Comm)nist
Part
*issol)tion <#'
mem+ers #�#&%0#%40#%'0((5
reor"aniFation of &450 &4'
role an* metho*s of (#'>(#
concentration cam-s #%%0#%40#'10
(&$0 (%50 &(1 confiscation 4#>(0
'50#5$0#4%0 &4(
see also #rodra2verst1a
cons)mer -rices <5%
cons)merDs "oo*s #($0(&&0(&'0&550
&#&0&#%0&(50&&<0&<(0&%%0&'10
&''0&$50<#<
contract "ro)-s <5#
coo-eratives #%0 &<0<'04$0$'0#510
#<50#4(0('40&5%0&<%0<5(>&
corr)-tion &'40&''
Co)ncils of 7ol8hoF Affairs &5< of
9a+o)r an* 3efence .STO/ %<0
$<0$10$'0#&'0(5& of Peo-leDs
Commissars <&0#<( of :or8ersD an*
PeasantsD 3efence %<
cre*its see %nder +an8in" sstem
crime rates ##(
Crimean :ar #
Criminal Co*e Article
1' #4% Article #54
#&10#15
cro- rotation schemes (%&0&510&#(0
&4& c)rrenc reform '1>
'0&5'0&#%0&14
see also inflationI ro)+le
c)stomer *eman* &$5
*e8)la8iFation see 1%la1s, liE)i*ation
of *emocratiFation <##0<#'0<('
*enationaliFation '# *e-ortations
#%1Q40#410#4$0(5#0((10
&5% 3e-ression .in :est/ ((1
*etente with :est &$#>(
*evelo-ment economics #(%>&(
3nei-er 3am #<&0#$10 &55
dolgostroi .lon"+)il*/ &'$ 3onets
6asin %0 %$0('#
economic theor 1$0&(%0 &%4
e*)cation #40 (150 (1$0 &1$>%(
fees for (%40&1%0 &%5
technical ##&0#$'0(&<0(150&%5
e"alitarianism (##0('& electrification
%<0(&(0(<%0&5%0&&4 em-loment $$>
#550#$4>(5#
see also )nem-lomentI wor8ers
enter-rise finance <51 enter-rise law
.#$'4/ <5# enter-rises
$(0(#10(#40(450&%4
,Zdex o# Su=Iects 44/
e:cution o# industr+ .1/-4
exports 1&, 14, 41, 0/
Cextin$uishin$ cur:eC 1(&
#ctor+ co""ittees 4.-(
see also 5or,ers, control =+
#"ine 01, 00, 119,.49
see also #ood short$es 6innish -r
!19(9-4&% .4& #i:e-hundred d+
pro$r""e 4&0 #i:e-+er plns
#irst 1((,14.-4,109-91
second ..1-(1,
third .41,./9
#ourth .94-(&1
#i#th (.1-(&
sixth (44,(49-0
ei$hth, ninth nd tenth (04-N1
t5el#th (90,(99 #ood
pil#erin$ 119
short$es .., /., /9-4&,11,0& 111,
101,.1&,.0(,.04,41.U see also
#"ine
tx on (prodnalog) 19
#orced l=our 19(,.4/, .04
see also concentrtion c"psU
deporttions #orei$n concessionries
04 #orei$n in:est"ents 04 #orei$n
specilists 199 #orei$n trde 0&, 04,
.(1,.9/,(.1-(,
(/0-9,(91-( 6orei$n 9rde, >inistr+
o# 4&( 6rnce 14,119 #ree "r,et,
prices 414 #reedo" o# trde 49,19,90-
1&1, no, 1/&,.&1-0 =olition o# 114
prices ./(,.4(,.01, (&0,(1/, (10,
(.1, (((
under Stlin .&4, .4/,.0.
see also Nep"en #uel short$es
..,41, 0.,.4& 6VU !#ctor+ trinin$
schools% .(/
$s production 414 C$enetic-
teleolo$iclC de=te 1(1,14( Geor$i
41&,41( Ger"n+
NEi-So:iet pct .44,.41,.1(,41&
occuption =+ 40(-4,
reprtions #ro"R9[rUUGr .G-
trde 5ith .44 s. Uo .SQG-SSSY..
glasnost (9/-4,411,4i0,4K4:4#rt
gla'ki !deprt"ents% 4/,4/,0N94,
.1/,.14-11,.1&,(&1
GOE;)O !electri#iction% 44
$oods #"ine 1(1,1(9,14(,141,
C// see also consu"erCs $oods
Dosekonomkomissiya !lon$-ter"
plnnin$ co""ittee% (/&,(/1,
(/( Dosekonomso'et !Econo"ic
science
council% (49 Dosplan !plnnin$
$enc+% 94-4,1(1,
1(4,14., .1/, .11, .19-.&,.40,
.49..9/,(B., ((., (44,(/&,(/(,
(4.,(44,(40,(04 =olished 410
Dossnab !Stte Supplies 2o""ittee%
(&., ((.,(10, (0(, (04 =eco"es
>inistr+ o# -holesle
9rde 410 Dostekhnika !Stte
2o""ittee on Ne5
9echniFue% (/&
$rin
s currenc+ 01
exports o# 110, (&(
#orei$n purchses o# 01,04
#ree "r,et in 110
hr:ests 11.,114,104, .4.-(,.4.,
.01, (11, (1/, ((4, (44, (1/,(10,
41. i"ports o# (0&, (9.
"r,etin$ o# 1&4-1 pesntsC
surpluses /( plnnin$ #or (&/,(.9
price polic+ 9&,1(9,.1&, .4.-(,
.44 procure"ents 144-/.,1//-
4,14&,
141,11/,.1(
seiEures o# 1/&,114
short$es o# 149 tx
19
understte"ent o# +ield .4. $ret
lep #or5rd 1(4,1/1,1/9-../,
4.(,4.1 $ross-output
indictor .40
444 Index o# Su=Iects
$ro5th
ccelertion under Gor=che: (90
$ret de=te on 1.9-(.
indices o# .
in:est"ent in .1.-14,.(1
pre-re:olution .-0
tr$ets see #i:e-+er plns
under Khrushche: (1&, (1/
under NEP 114,1.9-(&
$ro5th rtes 4(&-(0
t5el#th #i:e-+er pln (99
hndicr#ts .,0&
see also 5or,shops, s"ll-scle
Chrd o=li$tionsC 11/
see also procure"ents hr:ests see
under $rin helth ser:ices see "edicl
ser:ices he:+ industr+
in -orld -r II .1/-01
plnnin$ #or 1/1,19&,.14, .(&,(&.U
see also #i:e-+er plns
post -orld -r I 00-9
post -orld -r II.94-(&1,(&4, (49-
Si, (44
pre-re:olution (
under NEP 110
see also r""ents industr+
hordin$ 40,1&4,1/1,(0(.(00,4&4
o# l=our (9& horses 114,.4(,.9.,(&(
household "one+ inco"es 4&4 housin$
.&&,.&4,..9,./4,.04, .91, (/4,
(4.,(44,(1.
ideolo$+ 411
i"ports
r""ents ..,.0&
=loc,ded !1919-.&% 41
"chiner+ .(1,.4(-4,.01
under NEP 04
under Stlin 194,.14
see also #orei$n trde incenti:es
4&,.11-1.,.(( industriliEtion
11/,1..-(.,1(4,
141-4,1/1 industr+ see
he:+ industr+U
5or,shops in#ltion .4, 0/-
4,.&1,.1.,.9&,.90,
(00
input-output t=les 1(1, (.4
in:est"ent 114,1.4-(.,144-4,.&1,
.(0, ((/,((0,(4i, (/B, (44,(1&
ccelertion under Gor=che: (90
in:est"ent proIects 4&/-4
<pn 114,.9/,(91,4(1
kho(raschyot !co""ercil ccountin$%
0.,.1/,.49
Kol,hoE
*##irs, 2ouncil o# (&4
2on$ress .4(-1
2olkho(tentr !collecti:e #r" centre%
14.
2olkho(y !collecti:e #r"s% 1&1
"l$"tions o# (11-1., (44
=eco"e stte #r"s (4/,(41
#inncin$ o# (&4-1&,(&1,((1,(44-
1, (1.-1
"er$e 5ith so:,hoE+ (0(
"ethods o# .4(-1
or$niEtion o# 101
Stlin on 141, 1/.-(
under Khrushche: (4&,(4.
see aho,eo@ectssimaoa 2ombedy
!co""ittees o# the poor% /(,
4& kontraktatsiya !"r,et
contrcts% 141,
119 Koren
-r (..
Kronstdt "utin+ !19.1% 1.,10-9
kulaks !=etter-o## pesnts%
de#ined 1&(
;enin on 40,1&,14
liFuidtion o# 140,1/4,1/1,141-4,
144-1/, >/
re:iled 1&9, 1.( ,1(.
txtion o# 144,140-9,141
l=our
direction o# .44-/
in #i:e-+er plns 191-.&1,.((-4
"o=ilit+ o# (/1
see also e"plo+"entU une"plo+"entU
ur=n "i$rtionU 5or,shops Cl=our
reser:e schoolsC .4/,.41-N11 lnd
re#or" (&, (1,4&,1&1,1&4,110 literc+
11
Index o# Su=Iects 441
see also eduction
li:estoc,
expnsion o# production 1&1,..(,
..&,.41,(&4,((9
post-5r (&9, (.9,((4,(41
prices o# .44
seiEure o# 104
slu$hter o# 114,111,119
under Khrushche: (1(, (1/,(14
5r-ti"e pro=le"s .0. li:in$
stndrds 101, 194,.&1-9,
**/
i
..4,..9,.(1-0,./(-4, @(, @0S
corseness o# .&0,(10
i"pro:e"ents in (11,(4.
Cloclis"C (1&,(9&
>chine 9rctor Sttions !>9S%
10.-4, .4.,.41,.41,.0(,(&/,
(&4,(@1,((1,((9-41.(40,(1(
"chine-=uildin$ 4&&,4&/-4
"n$eril t,eo:ers 411
C"r,et cultureC (90
"r,et econo"+ 4&0
"r,et s+ste" (91-0
"r,etiEtion 410-19
>rshll Pln (.1
C"teril =lncesC 4/,.40,.10,(.4
"edicl ser:ices 11,./9,(41 see
also socil ser:ices
>enshe:i,s ./-(&,1&,94,1(1,1/0, .19
methoduukin !"en 5ith sc,s% //
"etl industries .4,141-.,(&&,(44,
(/C "ilitr+ coup, =orti:e
!199&% 411-1. "inisteril s+ste"
.11,.41-0,(&.,
((1-.,(44,(/KZ (/(,(B@, (@0.
(0(,4&.,4&( "tr !:ill$e co""unit+%
11,14,1&.,
C1(
"ixed econo"+ see NEP
"o=iliEtion #or 5r .10,.0(,.04
C"odel $enerl storesC .&4
"oderniEtion 4.0
>old:i 41/
"one+ =olition o# /0,4(,40,04,.&4
collpse o# rou=le /1-4( in
circultion .11,.9&,(00
st=iliEtion o# 19,0.,0/-0
see also =lnce o# p+"entsU currenc+
re#or"U in#ltionU rou=le "one+
suppl+, increse in 4&4 "onopolies,
stte 90 C"other heroinesC .91
nalogo'yi press !tx scre5% i0#
"arkomfin see 2o""issrit o#
6innce "arkomprod see
2o""issrit, Suppl+ "arkotn(em see
2o""issrit o#
*$riculture "arodnik
!prt+% (1 ntionl inco"e,
#din$ 41. ntionlis" 41&-
1.
rdicl 41/ ntionliEtion 4/-
1,/9,4(,40,1. CnturliEtionC o#
econo"ic reltion@
/0 NEi-So:iet pct
.44,.41,.1(,41& NE P see Ne5
Econo"ic Polic+ Nep"en 01,90
ttc,ed 1((-/, @41. RS1
dri:e $inst 19/
#reedo" to trde 114,1..,1(9
txtion o# 1(/,144
see also kulaks Ne5 Econo"ic Polic+
(9,1, 10-114
decline o# 1((-41,i4s, r0H, ..(
de#ined 91-1,11/
dile"" o# 119-.&
pri:te enterprise under 91-"
unions under 11.-1(
ur=n 5or,ers under 1&9-14
NK?J !police% .11
obshchina !:ill$e co""unities% 11, .4
obyedmeniya set ssocitions OGPU
!politicl police% 144,10( oil
production (,9,(4,19&,191,194,
(4&.(@(.(@/. Ri,4BR.4K>.4K4 one-
"n "n$e"ent 44,.14 O)SO
!deprt"ent o# 5or,ers@
suppl+% .//,.04 OS?OK
!econo"ic #orecsters% I<@
o:erst##in$ 9&
pesnts =Ers
.&(,.&4
440 Index o# Su=Iects
pesnts (contd.) collecti:iEtion see
collecti:iEtion 2on$ress !1911%
(.-( consu"ption =+ 1&,.40-9U see
also
scissors crisis de"orliEtion
114 exproprition o# 1..
Gor=che: on 11( incenti:es #or
4o, ./&-/4,.4., (&0 inco"e o#
.4,40,1/1,141,.&1-.,
.1&,.44, .40-9,.4.,(&4-1&,
(11.(.9,((4,(44-1
Cindi:idulistsC .41 ;enin on .1-
(&,1/1 li:estoc, o# 104-/,
.
4(Z
.
4/Z
.&I
Z
.0.,(&9,(1/,(14 "oti:tion o#
(0. pri:te plots see pri:te plots
pri:te trde o# 19,1&1,1..,1(1-
41,.41 riots =+ 1(,.(,1.,10 nd
S).S(1 str:tion o# 101,.49
strti#iction o# 1&.,1&0,1.&,140-
9
surpluses o# /(,40,49, 1&,10,119,
(14
txes on 9,1.,10,19,141,10/,
.44,.91,(&/,(&0,(1(,(.9
tri=ute on 1/4,1/0
see also kulaksO lnd re#or"
perestroika !restructurin$% 410,4.0
$riculturl (9/
econo"ic, #ilure o# (90-4&4
plnnin$
centrliEtion o# .41-11,(1(,(44-
9,(40,(9&
decentrliEtion o# (0.-(
in 5r co""unis" ((-0,41,4/,11
under NEP 9131,111,1.4-(.
see also #i:e-+er plns
podkulachnik (kulak supporter% 149
Polnd (9,49
see also stellite countries
polit=ureu 4/,(0.
under Gor=che: 411
politicl prties, =n on 11
popultion
census .4&-41
durin$ NEP no
post-5r (4.,(09 pre-re:olution
., 1. under Stlin 10& 5r losses
.01,.91,.9/,.99 populists (1
Pra'da 1/4,1/0, 11., (1.,((4 prices
co""ercil, .&4,.4(,.0.,(&0,
(1(, (1/U see also #reedo" to
trde control o# 91,91-0,.&.,./.-
(,.49 di:er$ence o# 9&-91,1/4,
110,.&/-
4,./1,(14,(((, (41,(00 in
5rti"e .0(,.04-9 policies 1(1-
41,141,1/1,141,104-
1,.&(-1&, (0&,(0.-( post-5r
(&4-1&,(1(-19,(.9 under
Gor=che: 4&4,4&1 under
Khrushche: ((1,(/4,(/1,
(14-/ under NEP 0( see also
scissors crisis Cpri"iti:e socilist
ccu"ultionC 1.1,
... pri:te plots 104-
4,.1&,.4/,.4&,.0(,
(&/, (&0,((4,((0, (41, (1/ pri:te
trde 19, 0(,1(4-/,411 see also
#reedo" to trdeU prices, co""ercilU
Nep"en pri:tiEtion 4&0,419
procure"ents /4,1(9,144-/.,1//-4,
141,111,10&,10(, 10/,.1&,./4,
.4.,.0(,.09,(&/, (&4, (&1,(((,
((4,(14. (14,4
.
4 see also $rin
prodnalog !#ood tx% 19
prodra'erstka !#ood distri=ution
s+ste"% /(, 40, 49,1.,1/&,141
producti:it+ 14-1/, 9(, 194, ..., ..1-
9 produktoobmen !co""odit+
exchn$e%
0&, .&(,.//,(.1 Promplan
!industril plnners% 94,.14
Pro:isionl Go:ern"ent .1-4,40
pur$es 11&, 10(,.(9,.4&, .41,.14,
(
.
/
ril5+s
=uildin$ ..,194,.(1
indeFuc+ o# .19,(91
Index o# Su=Iects 449
militar comman* 1#
nationaliFation of <%
-re>revol)tion (0$
-rivate "oo*s on #&1
wor8ersD control <&
:orl* :ar I0 effect of (&0&<
:orl* :ar II0 effect of ($(
see also trans-ort
rationin"
in :orl* :ar II ('%
-ost>war &#&0
&#$
)n*er NEP '(0$40 no
)n*er Stalin #110 #440#'40(5&0 (54>
'0(#(0(&<0(15>1#0(11
)nofficial (%&
war comm)nism0 )n*er <50<'0 110
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see also c)rrenc reform R)ssian
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reform -ro-osal <#%
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< Socialist Revol)tionar -art
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Soviets (&><0<50<%0##5
sovnar1ho2y .economic co)ncils/ <10
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sowin" committees 4#
s-ace -ro"ramme &%<0&4#
s#loshnaya see collectiviFation
sredne#oryshenye tseny .avera"e
increase* -rice/ (5%
Sta8hanovite movement (&10(15
state ca-italism 1#04<
State Committees of 3efence
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on Material S)--lies see (ossna"
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&54, &<i, &4<,&'5 8ol8hoFes
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4gos2a1a2y5 &$<0 &$10
<55 state trials
(#$0(<5 statistics
+iolo"ical iel* #'(0 #'%0 &&<0&&% Central
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A*ministrations .TPA/ (14, (10 i
terror s-)r"es _
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tr%dodni .wor8>*a )nits/ #'#0(<<0
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control <51 wa"es
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Reso)rces0 Ministr of <5( :holesale
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