In the course of the first half of the twentieth century, the USSR was transformed from a predominantly agrarian country into a major industrial power. This authoritative survey charts the bumpy Russian road to industrialisation and, using material from Russian archives opened since 1991, discusses the major controversies.
In the post-Revolution years between 1917-1965, the Soviet Union was transformed from a predominantly agrarian country into a major industrial power. Professor R.W. Davies discusses the inherent faults and strengths of the Soviet system and presents the results of recent Russian and Western research.
