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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reviews
“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)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Oleg V. Khlevniuk is Senior Research Fellow at State Archive of the Russian Federation, and Leading Research Fellow at the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and its Consequences at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. He is the author of The History of the GULAG: From Collectivization to the Great Terror (2004), and Master of the House: Stalin and His Inner Circle (2008).
Stephen Wheatcroft is Professor in Soviet History at Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan, and a specialist on Soviet agriculture and population. He is the editor of Challenging Traditional Views of Russian History (2002) and joint author with R. W. Davies of The Years of Hunger.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia Volume 6: The Years of Progress
Book Subtitle: The Soviet Economy, 1934-1936
Authors: R. W. Davies, Oleg V. Khlevnyuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137362575
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-58685-3Published: 09 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-39124-0Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-36257-5Published: 09 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 496
Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Industrial Organization, History of Science, History of Military, Modern History, Economic History