Energy Pricing in the Soviet Union
Energy Pricing in the Soviet Union

Author: Mr.Manmohan S. Kumar

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1991-12-01

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1451854765

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Energy exports, which are already the primary source of Soviet convertible currency earnings and an important contributor to the budget, could bring in much more revenue if the Soviet Union were to reduce its extremely high levels of energy consumption. To encourage this process, energy prices need to be raised substantially. Under plausible assumptions, it is shown that an increase in prices could yield sizable foreign exchange earnings. Large increases in energy prices could, however, threaten the solvency of industrial enterprises, precipitate major economic and social dislocation, and severely strain interrepublican economic relationships.

Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary
Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary

Author: Robert Bird

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780943056401

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Two of the most striking manifestations of Soviet image culture were the children's book and the poster. This text plots the development of this new image culture alongside the formation of new social and cultural identities.

The Electrification of Russia, 1880–1926
The Electrification of Russia, 1880–1926

Author: Jonathan Coopersmith

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2016-11-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1501705369

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The Electrification of Russia, 1880–1926 is the first full account of the widespread adoption of electricity in Russia, from the beginning in the 1880s to its early years as a state technology under Soviet rule. Jonathan Coopersmith has mined the archives for both the tsarist and the Soviet periods to examine a crucial element in the modernization of Russia. Coopersmith shows how the Communist Party forged an alliance with engineers to harness the socially transformative power of this science-based enterprise. A centralized plan of electrification triumphed, to the benefit of the Communist Party and the detriment of local governments and the electrical engineers. Coopersmith’s narrative of how this came to be elucidates the deep-seated and chronic conflict between the utopianism of Soviet ideology and the reality of Soviet politics and economics.

Industrial Decision-making and High-risk Technology
Industrial Decision-making and High-risk Technology

Author: Charles K. Dodd

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780847678471

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Geographer Dodd examines the process of forming policy concerning the siting of commercial nuclear power plants in the Soviet Union, and how and why it has changed over the years. He analyzes which societal groups influenced siting policy, and of those, which worked through established institutions and which did not, and how all of that may affect the future of the industry. He also compares the experience with that in capitalist countries. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR