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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RUSSIA

AUSTIN /OLIN PECK AND JAXON GRANT

SOVIET UNION

  • Tough transition from Soviet Union Communism to Capitalism
  • During the Soviet period, a five year plan was a centralized economic plan to coordinate agriculture and industry
  • Collectivization- forced common ownership which eventually failed.
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SOVIET UNION

  • Later, developed the Gosplan, which managed the economy by assigning production quotas to different soviet industries
  • Collectivization- forced common ownership which eventually failed

RUSSIA

  • Mikhail Gorbachev introduced perestroika in 1985, fundamentally restructuring Russia's economy
  • Eventually, Russia opened a stock market, which made the ownership of capital by private individuals anreality

RUSSIA TODAY

  • Putin today, uses his power to regain centralized control of key energy and mineral industries
  • A big part of Russia's economy is exporting petroleum, natural gas, metals, wood, and chemicals

RUSSIA TODAY

  • Their GDP is 1.2 trillion,which is twelfth overall
  • They are in six trade organizations
  • Some of their main industries are aerospace, textiles, automotive, oil and gas, and shipbuilding