Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev

Comprehensive survey of the transformation of the Soviet Union from a largely agrarian economy to a world superpower.

R. W. Davies (Author)

9780521627429, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 March 1998

128 pages, 3 maps 11 tables
21.6 x 13.8 x 1 cm, 0.18 kg

'Davies has provided a valuable addition to a distinguished series and one which will earn the gratitude of students of Soviet economic development.' Economic History Review

This book provides a comprehensive survey of Soviet economic development from 1917 to 1965 in the context of the pre-revolutionary economy. In these years the Soviet Union negotiated the first stages of modern industrialisation and then, after the defeat of Nazi Germany and its allies, emerged as one of the two world superpowers. This was also the first attempt to construct a planned socialist order. These developments resulted in great economic achievements at great human cost. Using the results of recent Russian and Western research, Professor Davies discusses the inherent faults and strengths of the system, and pays particular attention to the major controversies. Was the Russian Revolution doomed to failure from the outset? Could the mixed economy of the 1920s have led to a democratic socialist economy? What was the influence of Soviet economic development on the rest of the world?

List of maps
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Main dates in Russian and Soviet history
Glossary
1. Introduction
2. The Tsarist economy
3. War Communism, 1918–1920
4. The new economic policy of the 1920s
5. Measuring Soviet economic growth
6. Soviet economic development, 1928–1965
7. The Soviet economic system, 1928–1965
8. Soviet industrialisation in perspective
Further reading
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]