Soviet Central Planning under Gosplan (1917–1991)

1. GOELRO electrification plan approved by Soviets

   Dec 22, 1920Labels: GOELRO Plan, Soviet Government

   • GOELRO
   • All Russian Congress

2. Gosplan created by Sovnarkom decree

   Feb 22, 1921Labels: Gosplan, Sovnarkom

   • Britannica
   • Gosplan

3. NEP decree replaces grain requisition with tax

   Mar 21, 1921Labels: New Economic, Grain Tax

   • NEP

4. First Five-Year Plan begins rapid industrial push

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

   • Britannica
   • Waterloo Library

5. Stalin’s collectivization policy drives farm consolidation

   Jan 1, 1929Labels: Collectivization, Kolhoz Sovkhoz

   • Five Year Plans
   • Waterloo Library

6. “Dizzy with Success” signals partial pullback on abuses

   Mar 2, 1930Labels: Dizzy with, Joseph Stalin

   • Pravda text
   • Dizzy article

7. Council of Labor and Defense abolished; planning reorganized

   Apr 28, 1937Labels: Council of, Economic Ministries

   • STO

8. Regional economic councils (sovnarkhozy) created

   Jan 1, 1957Labels: Sovnarkhozy, Regional Councils

   • 1957 reform

9. Kosygin reforms add profit-and-sales incentives to planning

   Sep 1, 1965Labels: Kosygin Reforms, Alexei Kosygin

   • 1965 reform
   • Britannica

10. Gorbachev announces “Uskorenie” economic acceleration program

    Apr 20, 1985Labels: Uskorenie, Mikhail Gorbachev

    • Uskorenie

11. Law on State Enterprise reduces direct ministerial control

    Jun 30, 1987Labels: Law on, State Enterprises

    • Perestroika
    • Enterprises

12. Law on Cooperatives legalizes independent worker-owned co-ops

    May 1, 1988Labels: Law on, Cooperatives

    • Cooperatives law

13. Gosplan dissolved as planning system unravels

    Apr 1, 1991Labels: Gosplan, Dissolution

    • Gosplan
    • Britannica