![]() ![]() Soviets were thus classic case of asset grabing economy with the predictable endingĪcemoglu is a good scholar and he gets a lot of things right about development. Since Germany was not yet into IT technology soviets suffered major disadvantage in arms race. The Car moskvitch later Lada were clones of 1930 opel, camera zorka was german laica list goes on. Most of “wonders” of soviet technology were inept copies of german invention. As german slave labor aged so did advantage of soviet union in space. NKVD(predecessor of KGB) had orders to locate and arest all eningineers and technician involved in “hightech luft waffe indudtries” It gave rise to so called winning of the space race. The technological advance happened only after 1945 when large scale enslavement of german technicians captured by Red army. Moreover actual wage in Russia if measured in number basic products as meat milk etc per hour dropped after revolution and regained level 1911 in 1987 Gulags at one point employed on 1/5 of labor force and produced 40% of output or more. So call progres by Soviet Union was made with horrendous sacrifices and extensive use of slave labor in period of 1930 – 1940. ![]()
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