The Political History of Economic Reform in Russia, 1985-1994

achieve activities attempts authorities Average number basic became Bolsheviks budget Centre changes choice communist competition Congress of People's conservative Council of Ministers country's course CPSU CPSU Central Committee crisis decisions demand democratic destabilising economic agents economic and political economic management economic mechanism economic policy economic reforms economic system economists Egor Gaidar Ekonomika factor feature federation formation fundamental Gorbachev Gosplan groups growth illusions implementation important improvement incentives increase indicators industrial inevitable inflation institutions of power interests Komi Republic leaders liberalisation macroeconomic man-days market economy mecha ment Moscow Nikolai Ryzhkov number of strikers organisation overcome party People's Deputies perestroika period politicians possible post-communist practice privatisation problems production programme question radical redistribution reformist regime regions republics result role Russian sector shortages situation social socialist society Soviet economic sphere stabilisation state-owned enterprises strikers structures struggle Supreme Soviet tion transformation Union USSR USSR Government Valentin Pavlov variant