Soviet economy

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The Soviet economy was a centrally planned, state-controlled economic system characterized by government ownership of industry, collective agriculture, and production targets set by national plans rather than market forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf command economy
planned economy
socialist economy
state-controlled economy
agriculturalSystem collective farms
state farms
bankingSystem Gosbank monopoly
basedOn Marxist–Leninist ideology NERFINISHED
characterizedBy administrative allocation of resources
central planning
chronic shortages of consumer goods
collective agriculture
emphasis on heavy industry
limited private enterprise
limited role of market forces
military–industrial complex
price controls
production targets set by national plans
soft budget constraints for enterprises
state ownership of the means of production
contributedTo Soviet Union becoming a superpower
country Soviet Union
declineContributedTo dissolution of the Soviet Union
endTime 1991
experienced chronic consumer goods shortages
economic stagnation in the 1970s and 1980s
high military expenditure burden
low labor productivity compared to Western economies
period of extensive growth
postwar reconstruction
rapid industrialization in the 1930s
severe wartime destruction during World War II
technological lag in many civilian sectors
firstMajorPlan First Five-Year Plan GENERATED
firstMajorPlanStartTime 1928 GENERATED
governedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
hasPart Five-Year Plans NERFINISHED
Gosbank NERFINISHED
Gosplan NERFINISHED
Gossnab NERFINISHED
central ministries and branch ministries
kolkhoz system
sovkhoz system
state-owned enterprises
influenced economies of Eastern Bloc countries
laborSystem guaranteed employment
limited wage differentials
state-controlled trade unions
mainPlanningInstrument Five-Year Plan NERFINISHED
memberOf Council for Mutual Economic Assistance NERFINISHED
nationalCurrency Soviet ruble NERFINISHED
planningAgency Gosplan NERFINISHED
policyPeriod Khrushchev reforms NERFINISHED
Kosygin reforms NERFINISHED
New Economic Policy NERFINISHED
Stalinist command economy NERFINISHED
perestroika reforms NERFINISHED
reformedBy Mikhail Gorbachev NERFINISHED
reformProgram perestroika NERFINISHED
socialPolicy price subsidies for basic goods
subsidized housing
universal basic services in health and education
startTime 1922
supervisedBy Council of Ministers of the USSR NERFINISHED
State Committee for Material and Technical Supply NERFINISHED
State Committee on Prices NERFINISHED
State Planning Committee NERFINISHED
tradePartner Eastern Bloc NERFINISHED
developing countries aligned with the USSR
tradeSystem state monopoly on foreign trade
transitionedTo market-oriented economies in successor states after 1991
usedMechanism administrative price setting
centralized investment allocation
material balances planning
output quotas for enterprises

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