The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 3: The Soviet Economy in Turmoil 1929-1930
In 1929-30, the 'spinal year' of the first five-year plan, a vast investment programme began the transformation of the Soviet Union from a peasant country into a great industrial power. This book, the third part of The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, re-examines the breakdown of the mixed economy. In those days of heroism and enthusiasm, hunger and repression, crucial Soviet economic and political institutions were established, and are only now being effectively challenged by Gorbachev's revolution. While complementing the previous two volumes of this author's work, the book is designed to be read independently. It sheds new light on a dramatic moment in Soviet history and in the formation of the Soviet system.
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The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 3: The Soviet Economy in Turmoil 1929-1930
In 1929-30, the 'spinal year' of the first five-year plan, a vast investment programme began the transformation of the Soviet Union from a peasant country into a great industrial power. This book, the third part of The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, re-examines the breakdown of the mixed economy. In those days of heroism and enthusiasm, hunger and repression, crucial Soviet economic and political institutions were established, and are only now being effectively challenged by Gorbachev's revolution. While complementing the previous two volumes of this author's work, the book is designed to be read independently. It sheds new light on a dramatic moment in Soviet history and in the formation of the Soviet system.
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The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 3: The Soviet Economy in Turmoil 1929-1930

The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 3: The Soviet Economy in Turmoil 1929-1930

by R. W. Davies
The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 3: The Soviet Economy in Turmoil 1929-1930

The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 3: The Soviet Economy in Turmoil 1929-1930

by R. W. Davies

Overview

In 1929-30, the 'spinal year' of the first five-year plan, a vast investment programme began the transformation of the Soviet Union from a peasant country into a great industrial power. This book, the third part of The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, re-examines the breakdown of the mixed economy. In those days of heroism and enthusiasm, hunger and repression, crucial Soviet economic and political institutions were established, and are only now being effectively challenged by Gorbachev's revolution. While complementing the previous two volumes of this author's work, the book is designed to be read independently. It sheds new light on a dramatic moment in Soviet history and in the formation of the Soviet system.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780333311028
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 06/18/1998
Series: Industrialization of Soviet Russia (Paper Back)
Edition description: 1998
Pages: 601
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

R.W. DAVIES is Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham, of which he was previously Director. In the course of his research, he has paid many visits to Russia to study in Moscow and St Petersburg libraries and in the state and former party archives. His publications include The Development of the Soviet Budgetary System, Soviet History in the Gorbachev Revolution, Soviet History in the Yeltsin Era, The Socialist Offensive 1929-1930, The Soviet Collective Farm, 1929-1933. He is at present preparing, jointly with S G Wheatcroft, a study of the Soviet Famine of 1932-3 based on recently-released Russian and Ukranian archives. He collaborated with E H Carr on vols 9 and 10 of A History of Soviet Russia.

Table of Contents

List of Tables Preface Additional Preface The Industrial Economy in the Mid-1920s The Triumph of Rapid Industrialisation, October 1927-September 1929 The Social Context, 1929-30 The Intellectual Framework, 1929-30 Economic Doctrines in Transition, 1929-30 Plans for a Heroic Age, 1929-30 Progress and Turmoil in the Industrial Economy, October 1929- May 1930 The XVI Party Congress, June 26-July 13, 1930 The Industrial Economy in Disorder, June-September 1930 The Economic Year 1929-30 in Retrospect The Special Quarter: October-December 1930 The Defence Industries, 1919-30 Conclusions Tables Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations Used in Text Abbreviations of Titles of Books and Periodical Publications Used in Footnotes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
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