The Soviet Union was able to develop a large military-industrial complex and become the world's second superpower despite deficiencies in its centrally planned economy because defence was given high priority status and special planning, rationing and administrative mechanisms were used to attain...

The Soviet Union was able to develop a large military-industrial complex and become the world’s second superpower despite the small size of its malfunctioning planned economy because defence was given high priority status and special planning, rationing and administrative mechanism were...

The production units of the military-industrial complex operate under the constraints imposed by the general context of the transformation of the socio-economic system in Russia. So conversion is closely linked to the global transformation: we are dealing with a process and an objective which...

The Russian doctrine of "new industrialization" that emerged during the global economic crisis is considered. The author concludes that the doctrine is based on orthodox Marxism and suggests revolutionary reforms similar to those carried out by Stalin.

The Pankisi Gorge region is located just south of the Georgian-Chechen border in the Republic of Georgia. Most of the inhabitants of the region are descendents of ethnic Chechen and Ingush, known as "Vainakh" or "Kists." Since 1994, Pakisi has witnessed an influx of refugees from the...

This paper investigates the extent of distortions in Russia's spatial economy that are inherited from the Soviet system. Using Canada as a benchmark for spatial dynamics of economic activity in a market economy, I construct the spatial allocation of population that would result in Russia, given...

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and what are the consequences for productivity growth? This paper studies the extreme case of economic system change and alternative transitional policies in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting...