Forty Years On: Personality and History. Part II

In retrospect, it no longer seems that the disintegration of the Soviet Union and its economic collapse were absolutely inevitable. Gorbachev had a limited understanding of how the market economy worked, and reforms in a number of areas only accelerated the decline.

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Journal
Russia in Global Affairs
Published
2025-01-01
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31278/1810-6439-2025-23-2-189-206
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Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
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Forty Years On: Personality and History. Part II

Russia in Global Affairs
Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
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Forty Years On: Personality and History. Part II

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Abstract

In retrospect, it no longer seems that the disintegration of the Soviet Union and its economic collapse were absolutely inevitable. Gorbachev had a limited understanding of how the market economy worked, and reforms in a number of areas only accelerated the decline.

Russia in Global AffairsVol. 23(2)
Decent work and economic growth
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Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
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