Material-Balance Planning in the USSR (1920s–1970s)

1. GOELRO electrification plan approved

   Dec 22, 1920Labels: GOELRO Plan, Eighth Congress

   • GOELRO
   • Britannica

2. Gosplan established by Sovnarkom decree

   Feb 22, 1921Labels: Gosplan, Sovnarkom

   • Britannica
   • Decree text

3. GOELRO plan accepted by Sovnarkom

   Dec 21, 1921Labels: GOELRO Plan, Sovnarkom

   • GOELRO

4. All-Union Gosplan created for the USSR

   Jul 13, 1923Labels: All Union, USSR

   • Gosplan

5. Gosplan takes central role in First Five-Year Plan

   Oct 1, 1928Labels: Gosplan, First Five-Year

   • Britannica
   • Waterloo

6. Material-balance planning becomes core planning technique

   Jan 1, 1929Labels: Material balances, Five-Year Plan

   • Britannica
   • Encyclopedia

7. Input–output-style “Balance of the National Economy” compiled

   Jul 1, 1932Labels: Balance of, Input output

   • Cambridge

8. Sovnarkhoz reform decentralizes economic management

   May 10, 1957Labels: Sovnarkhoz reform, Khrushchev

   • Sovnarkhoz
   • 1957 reform

9. Material-balance planning described in Western economics literature

   Dec 1, 1959Labels: J M, Western literature

   • Encyclopedia
   • Material balance

10. OGAS proposed to computerize planning and allocation

    Jan 1, 1962Labels: OGAS, Viktor Glushkov

    • OGAS

11. Gossnab re-established to manage material-technical supplies

    Jan 1, 1965Labels: Gossnab, Supply agencies

    • Gossnab

12. Kosygin reform adds profitability incentives to the plan

    Sep 1, 1965Labels: Kosygin reform, Profitability

    • 1965 reform
    • Gossnab

13. OGAS denied major funding, limiting nationwide automation

    Jan 1, 1970Labels: OGAS, Funding decision

    • OGAS

14. Material-balance planning remains dominant into the 1970s

    Jan 1, 1973Labels: Material balances, 1970s USSR

    • Material balance
    • Gossnab