title: Economic Policy in the Soviet Union during the Years of Perestroika
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metadata.value: Polynov, Matvey F.
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metadata.value: 2024-07-11T19:50:37Z
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metadata.value: 2024-07-11T19:50:37Z
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metadata.value: 2024-06
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metadata.value: Polynov M. F. Economic Policy in the Soviet Union during the Years of Perestroika. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2024, vol. 69, issue 2, рp. 371–386. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2024.208 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2024.208
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45739
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metadata.value: The article analyzes economic policy during the perestroika. It identifies its main stages, content,
  and results. The author identifies three periods. The first period was the initial stage of
  Perestroika (1985–1986). The main policy was aimed at accelerating of the economy growth
  through the intensification of production. However, the set goals were not implemented
  both due to objective reasons and as a result of the mistakes. The second stage spanned three
  years — from 1987 to 1989. The policy changed dramatically: it was decided to introduce
  elements of market relations and competition. The articles demonstrates that the reforms had
  both positive and negative results. On the one hand, they failed to properly motivate enterprises
  to increase production and to implement achievements of science and technology. They
  also contributed to the unjustified pay rise and led to inflation. On the other hand, the reforms
  laid the foundation for a multi-layered economy. The third period marked the transition to a
  market economy (December 1989–1991). The transition took place in the context of the acute
  confrontation between the center of the Soviet Union and the Russian government. The Union
  government has prepared a program for the USSR, called the Ryzhkov — Abalkin program.
  The Russian government has proposed an alternative program “500 days”. Both programs differed
  significantly from each other in the pace of their implementation and their content.
  During the perestroika it was not possible to form an economic policy conducive to the development
  of the Soviet economy. The Perestroika led to a severe economic, financial and social
  crisis, which became one of the main reasons for the destruction of the USSR.
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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.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 69; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: perestroika
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: M. S. Gorbachev
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: N. I. Ryzhkov
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: economic policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: market economy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: economic crisis
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Economic Policy in the Soviet Union during the Years of Perestroika
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metadata.value: Article
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