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Great War, Civil War, and recovery : Russia's national income, 1913 to 1928

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Markevich, Andreĭ, 1976- and Harrison, Mark, 1949-. (2011) Great War, Civil War, and recovery : Russia's national income, 1913 to 1928. Journal of Economic History, Vol.71 (No.3). pp. 672-703. ISSN 0022-0507

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Abstract

The last remaining gap in the national accounts of Russia and the USSR in the twentieth century, 1913 to 1928, includes the Great War, the Civil War, and postwar recovery. Filling this gap, we find that the Russian economy did somewhat better in the Great War than was previously thought; in the Civil War it did correspondingly worse; war losses persisted into peacetime, and were not fully restored under the New Economic Policy. We compare this experience across regions and over time. The Great War and Civil War produced the deepest economic trauma of Russia's troubled twentieth century.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Russia -- Economic conditions -- 20th century, National income -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Economic History
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0022-0507
Date:	2011
Volume:	Vol.71
Number:	No.3
Number of Pages:	32
Page Range:	pp. 672-703
Identification Number:	10.1017/S0022050711001884
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Description:	Awarded the Russian National Prize for Applied Economics 2012.
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