Hill, Malcolm R. (Author)
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Volume: 25
Issue: 1
Pages: 56-77
This article discusses the significance of politics to technology by reference to product design and process development in mechanical engineering during the period of the Soviet government from 1917 to 1991, paying particular attention to the years following introduction of the First Five Year Plan in 1928. The article commences with a brief summary of the industrial legacy inherited by the Soviet government from its Tsarist predecessors. This is followed by a description of the major features of industrial policies, practices and administration in the Soviet centrally planned economy. The core of the article discusses the impacts of those policies on product quality, vertical integration, product and process innovation, and technology imports. After concluding, it gives suggestions for further research on Russian mechanical engineering in the post-Soviet era.
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