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.

List of contents

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�20; 4. The new economic policy of the 1920s; 5. Measuring Soviet economic growth; 6. Soviet economic development, 1928�65; 7. The Soviet economic system, 1928�65; 8. Soviet industrialisation in perspective; Further reading; References; Index.

Summary

In the course of the first half of the twentieth century, the USSR was transformed from a predominantly agrarian country into a major industrial power. This authoritative survey charts the bumpy Russian road to industrialisation and, using material from Russian archives opened since 1991, discusses the major controversies.

Product details

• Authors: R. W. Davies, Robert William Davies, Davies R. W., Davies R. W.
• Assisted by: Maurice Kirby (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.1998
• EAN: 9780521622608
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62260-8
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 224 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: 3 maps 11 tables, Karten, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: New Studies in Economic and So; New Studies in Economic and Social History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, USSR, Soviet Union