The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia Volume 4: Crisis and Progress in the Soviet Economy, 1931-1933The profound economic crisis of 1931-33 undermined the process of industrialisation and the stability of the regime. In spite of feverish efforts to achieve the over ambitious first five-year plan, the great industrial projects lagged far behind schedule. These were years of inflation, economic disorder and of terrible famine in 1933. In response to the crisis, policies and systems changed significantly. Greater realism prevailed: more moderate plans, reduced investment, strict monetary controls, and more emphasis on economic incentives and the role of the market. The reforms failed to prevent the terrible famine of 1933, in which millions of peasants died. But the last months of 1933 saw the first signs of an industrial boom, the outcome of the huge investments of previous years. Using the previously secret archives of the Politburo and the Council of People's Commissars, the author shows how during these formative years the economic system acquired the shape which it retained until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. |
Contents
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JanuaryJune 1931 | 18 |
Chapter Four StalinS Conditions For Industrial Development | 65 |
Chapter Five Reforms And Plans JulyDecember 1931 | 77 |
Chapter Six 1931 In Retrospect | 104 |
Chapter Seven The 1932 Plan | 123 |
Chapter Eight The Xvii Party Conference January 30February 4 1932 | 133 |
Chapter Nine Reforms Amid Difficulties JanuaryJuly 1932 | 142 |
Chapter Fourteen The Depths Of Crisis JanuaryMarch 1933 | 362 |
Chapter Fifteen The Eve Of The Upsurge AprilDecember 1933 | 380 |
Chapter Sixteen 1933 In Retrospect | 407 |
Chapter Seventeen Urban Society In Transition | 440 |
Chapter Eighteen CONCLUSIONS | 457 |
TABLES | 501 |
GLOSSARY OF RUSSIAN TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT | 557 |
ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES OF BOOKS AND PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS ETCUSED IN FOOTNOTES | 568 |
Chapter Ten Crisis And Repression JulyDecember 1932 | 229 |
Chapter Eleven 1932 In Retrospect | 302 |
Chapter Twelve The January Plenum And The 1933 Plan | 317 |
The Political Context Of 1933 | 331 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 570 |
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