title: The Problem of Harmonizing the Economic Interests of the USSR and the Socialist Countries. The Сase of Soviet-Polish Trade and Financial Relations (1958–1964)
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metadata.value: Popov, A. A.
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metadata.value: 2021-11-08T19:19:08Z
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metadata.value: 2021-11-08T19:19:08Z
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metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.value: Popov A. A. ‘The Problem of Harmonizing the Economic Interests of the USSR and the Socialist Countries. The Сase of Soviet-Polish Trade and Financial Relations (1958–1964)’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 11, no. 2, 2021, pp. 422–435.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2021.208
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33496
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Soviet trade with Eastern European countries was one of the main forms of economic interaction within
  the socialist camp. The problem of imbalances in this trade traditionally has been associated with the politicization
  of intra-bloc relations. However, when harmonizing the interests of the USSR and the socialist interests vis-à-vis
  long-term trade agreements, economic motives were of great importance. This article discusses the process
  of harmonizing economic interests, using the case of Soviet-Polish trade relations in 1958–1964. This research
  based on archival documents from the Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU for Economic Cooperation
  with the Socialist Countries (in RGANI) and declassified documents from the special fund for the State
  Planning Commission of RGAE. The analysis shows that contradictions in trade issues provoked a discussion of a
  wider range of issues: military supplies, credit debt, and transit tariffs for the two countries. Moreover, each of the
  parties was guided by its own economic interests and rarely made concessions for political reasons. The Soviet
  government in 1958-1964 made a number of supply concessions, agreed to revise transit tariffs, and incurred
  part of the costs of maintaining the stability of intra-block trade in the distribution system. There was a change
  in the structure of Soviet-Polish trade, which significantly reduced the passive trade balance for Polish People’s
  Republic (RPL). Nevertheless, in accordance with Soviet calculations, after all these changes, trade with RPL and
  other socialist countries was profitable for the USSR.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), project no. 19-78-10023 “Friendship of
  Convenience: the Impetus and Justification of the Integration of the CMEA’s European member-countries”.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 11; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: foreign trade
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: USSR
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: trade
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: finances
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Poland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Polish People’s Republic
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: socialist countries
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Comecon
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Problem of Harmonizing the Economic Interests of the USSR and the Socialist Countries. The Сase of Soviet-Polish Trade and Financial Relations (1958–1964)
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metadata.value: Article
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