In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool
into a global article of faith. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While …

Andrei Znamenski argues that socialism arose out of activities of secularized apocalyptic
sects, the Enlightenment tradition, and dislocations produced by the Industrial Revolution …

The Soviet Union was one of the most secretive states that ever existed. Defended by a
complex apparatus of rules and checks administered by the secret police, the Soviet state …

This article introduces the special issue 'Socialist Entrepreneurs? Business Histories of the
GDR and Yugoslavia'. It starts with a review of the growing literature on the history of …

This article explores the economic policies of Sovrybflot, the Soviet fishing fleet, which was
consolidated in 1965 within the USSR Ministry of Fisheries and oriented to a maritime …

This study is devoted to technology transfer from the West (primarily from Finland) to the
Soviet forestry industry during a period of rapid modernization under the rule of Nikita …

In the years before and after the Second World War, chemical and related industries in a
variety of countries experienced a surge in innovation and development. As a result, the …

Russian and Eurasian Studies, in order to take stock with one over-arching question:“What
have we learned from the Soviet archives?” The breadth of the question was deliberate …

This paper examines Russian industrial heritage and its interactions with society. It focuses
on changing identities and the transformation of industrial enterprises from connecters to the …

The article analyzes recent trends in the business history of Russia and its interrelations with
mainstream business history. The authors explore the extent to which the business history of …