The Great Soviet Economy: 1917–1991

This work by Alexei Safronov, an economist and historian is the first book to cover the entire history of the Soviet economy, from War Communism to Perestroika, in a single volume. Armed with figures and sources, the author dispassionately examines each stage of the USSR's existence and answers the main questions: What was it? Why did it end this way? Could it have been different?
Alexei Safronov has realised his lifelong dream of creating crib notes on the history of the Soviet planned economy in the most concise form. GOELRO, NEP, Gosplan, Gulag, Sovnarkhoz, BAM: all these scary abbreviations from the past take on a form and meaning that is understandable to the modern reader. They become the heroes of a new economic blockbuster about the Soviet era.
Mikhail Lipkin, Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexei Safronov. The Great Soviet Economy: 1917–1991. — Moscow: Individuum, 2025.