The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia Volume 6 : The Years of Progress: The Soviet Economy, 1934-1936 - R. W. Davies

The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia Volume 6

The Years of Progress: The Soviet Economy, 1934-1936

By: R. W. Davies, Oleg Khlevnyuk (Contribution by), Stephen G. Wheatcroft (Contribution by)

Hardcover | 9 July 2014 | Edition Number 1

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This volume, based on extensive research in formerly secret archives, examines the progress of Soviet industrialisation against the background of the rising threat of aggression from Germany, Japan and Italy, and the consolidation of Stalin's power. The iron and steel industry expanded rapidly, new non-ferrous and rare metals were introduced, and the foundations were laid of a modern armaments industry. Following the disastrous famine of 1932-33, agriculture recovered, and sufficient grain stocks were accumulated to cope with the shortages after the bad weather of 1936. These successes were achieved, after the abolition of rationing by combining central planning and mobilisation campaigns with the use of economic incentives and experimentation with markets. Although the Soviet system ultimately failed, its success in these years was a crucial stage in the spread of the economic and social transformation which began in England in the eighteenth century to the rest of the world.
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"Davies gives us a fine-grained analysis of investment and outcomes throughout the economy, as well as many new details about how plans were debated and revised. ... anyone interested in specific sectors or episodes in the economic development of the mid-1930s should consult this encyclopedic work." (Julie Hessler, Slavic Review, Vol. 75 (1), Spring, 2016)

"The text is well structured, chronologically coherent and features a set of subchapters covering a variety of different issues from finances, industry and agriculture to the defence sector, etc. ... this monograph offers a deep insight into three years of Soviet economic development and is recommended for libraries and specialists." (Olaf Mertelsmann, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (3), May, 2016)

"The Years of Progress: The Soviet Economy, 1934-1936 covers in detail the advance of industry, capital investment, domestic and foreign trade, and the upgrading of Soviet economic infrastructure. ... The book has a well-organized structure and a straightforward chronological layout that makes reading this exhaustive study fascinating ... . This significantly adds to our understanding of how multifaceted and complex the decision-making processes actually were ... ." (Lennart Samuelson, ahr.oxfordjournals.org, February, 2016)

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