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Gosplan [ˈgɒsˌplæn] n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the state planning commission of the former Soviet Union or any of its constituent republics: it was responsible for coordination and development of the economy, social services, etc. [from Russian Gos(udarstvennaya) Plan(ovaya Comissiya) State Planning Committee] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This will be the last Russian administration whose leadership has extensive roots in the KGB, Gosplan, and the other organizations of the former Soviet Union. Kraval', the head of the statistics division of Gosplan, heralded the Soviet Union's fertility rate as higher than that of most western European countries, and he argued that this fact proved the superiority of socialism over capitalism. On the economic side, whatever problems there are, state ownership has been largely replaced by private ownership; economic decisions are no longer made by the state planning agency, GOSPLAN, but (however imperfectly) by the marketplace; in place of a fixed exchange rate, the ruble is convertible and remains so, despite the current crisis. |
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