„Dogovor veka“ i jugoslovenska preduzeća u procesu izgradnje sovjetskog gasovoda Urengoj – Pomari – Užgorod

This paper aims to present and analyze the involvement of Yugoslav companies in the construction of the Urengoy-Pom­ary-Uzhgorod export gas pipeline using the source material from the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This involvement occurred in a specific international context charac­terized by American sanctions imposed on the Soviet Union fol­lowing the conclusion of the “Deal of the Century“ related to the export of natural gas from the Soviet Union to Western European countries. Furthermore, this article explores the Soviet building industry's crisis during economic stagnation and the rise of aban­doned construction sites, known as dolgostroj, using the Yugoslav instance as an example.