Modernising Lenin's Russia Economic Reconstruction, Foreign Trade and the Railways |
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| Author:
| Heywood, Anthony |
| Series title: | Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02717-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $55.99 |
Book Description:
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In this book Anthony Heywood reassesses Bolshevik attitudes towards economic modernisation and foreign economic relations during the early Soviet period. Based on hitherto unused Russian and Western archives, he examines an extraordinary decision made in March 1920 to import vast quantities of railway equipment in order to achieve rapid economic modernisation. The book is the first detailed case study of the government's import policy, and provides readers with a new perspective on...
More DescriptionIn this book Anthony Heywood reassesses Bolshevik attitudes towards economic modernisation and foreign economic relations during the early Soviet period. Based on hitherto unused Russian and Western archives, he examines an extraordinary decision made in March 1920 to import vast quantities of railway equipment in order to achieve rapid economic modernisation. The book is the first detailed case study of the government's import policy, and provides readers with a new perspective on Soviet economic development, revealing the scale of Bolshevik business dealings with the capitalist West immediately after the Revolution.