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The Pavlenko Construction Enterprise. Large-scale Private Entrepreneurialism in Stalin’s USSR
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This article reviews the characteristic features of the Soviet ‘shadow economy’ by examining the activities of a
major construction enterprise headed by N. M. Pavlenko from 1948 to 1952. This was the largest currently
known private illegal enterprise of the Stalinist period. Pavlenko’s organisation built dozens of roads and
railways under contract to state entities. Based on newly accessible archival documents, the methods of
Pavlenko’s organisational activity and the reasons for its lengthy existence are considered. The author
argues that, regardless of its extraordinary scale, Pavlenko’s enterprise was in fact typical of the Stalinist
‘shadow economy’, and that future archival research would probably reveal that this shadow economy was
far more significant than has been understood to date.
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Salamatov V., Базелюк В. Н., Бизнес. Общество. Власть 2025 № 3 (57) С. 218–238
The article is dedicated to analyzing the experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran under prolonged sanction pressure that has been ongoing since 1979. The main focus is on three key aspects: historical stages of sanctions implementation, their impact on the economy, politics, and social sphere of the country, as well as Iran's methods of ...
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Valentina Kravchenko, Karapetov V., Nechepurenko I., Journal of Financial Crime 2023 Vol. 30 No. 6 P. 1474–1490
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This study aims to identify the factors which influence the change in the volume of shadow economy in the countries of Europe to explain its growth or reduction through the change in the identified factors. This would help to determine which factors are worth impacting to reduce the volume of shadow economy in the countries ...
Added: January 22, 2025
Egorova G., Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 2024 Vol. 25 No. 4 P. 757–781
In this article, the author proposes to consider the archive of private correspondence of a former seminary teacher, a well-known theologian, as a source for studying non-traditional forms of public space in late Soviet society. The abdication of Alexander Osipov took place during the era of Khrushchev's anti-religious campaign and caused a great public outcry. ...
Added: September 19, 2024
Пермь: Издательский центр Пермского государственного национального исследовательского университета, 2023.
The All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments was established in 1965. It was preceded by almost a ten-year period of massive public and institutional lobbying. The public movement started with a proposal to create an All-Union Society in 1956, but this idea was never implemented. The article deals with the development ...
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Ivanov D., Aisin A., Communist and Post-Communist Studies 2024 Vol. 57 No. 1 P. 74–100
In this article, we study the long-run effect of the Soviet shadow economy on attitudes toward the market economy and competition in Georgia—a former Soviet republic known for the high prevalence of the shadow economy. We use the density of Soviet-era organized crime as a proxy for the local prevalence of shadow economy and instrument ...
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Simachev Y. V., Fedyunina A., Светова В. А., ЭКО 2023 № 12 С. 30–47
The article discusses the phenomenon of the shadow sector's existence in national economies under the influence of economic shocks, particularly in the context of sanctions. Based on international experience, it is argued that the shadow sector does not always grow in response to crises and sanctions. This depends on the nature of the shocks, the ...
Added: September 1, 2023
Барнаул: Алтайский государственный университет, 2022.
Образование СССР в 1922 году имело всемирно-историческое значение, выступив поворотным пунктом в судьбе многих народов не только России, но и стран Востока. Оно привело в движение цепь событий и последствий, связанных с реализацией «права наций на самоопределение». Национальная политика советского государства повлекла трансформации в системе традиционного этнического самосознания народов страны, значительно ускорила процессы их консолидации ...
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Арженовский С. В., Orlova Y., Semerikova E. V. et al., Вопросы статистики 2022 Т. 29 № 5 С. 17–34
The purpose of the research is to assess factors influencing the rescaling of the shadow economy in the Russian Federation (on the example of certain regions). The analysis was carried out using mathematical and statistical methods according to regional statistics for 2013–2019. In particular, a model of multiple indicators and factors (MIMIC) was built. It ...
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Khlevniuk O. V., М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2023.
В книге рассматриваются характерные черты советской теневой экономики на примере деятельности строительной организации Николая Павленко в 1948–1952 годах. Это было значительное нелегальное предприятие сталинского периода. По договорам с государственными структурами корпорация Павленко за несколько лет построила десятки участков шоссейных и железных дорог. На основании новых архивных документов в книге изучаются методы работы организации Павленко и ...
Added: October 23, 2022
NY, Abingdon: Routledge, 2021.
This book focuses upon significant aspects of Stalinism as a system in the USSR. It sheds new light on established questions and addresses issues that have never before been raised in the study of Stalinism.
Stalinism constitutes one of the most striking and contentious phenomena of the twentieth century. It not only transformed the Soviet Union ...
Added: April 29, 2021
Cook L. J., , in: Migrant Workers in Russia: Global Challenges of the Shadow Economy in Societal Transformation.: Routledge, 2016. P. 128–145.
Russia has a very large pool of economic migrants, up to 25% of the workforce according to some estimates. Although many migrants, many from former Soviet countries which are now independent, entered Russia legally, they frequently face bureaucratic obstacles to legal employment and Russian citizenship, factors which have led to a very large “shadow economy”. ...
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Uvarov E. U., Пространственная экономика 2020 Т. 16 № 2 С. 124–141
The author considers a non-cash fare payment system as an effective tool to reduce the shadow income of transport organizations. The object is shadow economy in regions of Russia. The subject is the public passenger transport sphere. The author studies buses on municipal regular transport routes (city and suburbs). The category of buses also includes ...
Added: September 19, 2020
Анисимов К. Г., Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки 2021 Т. 23 № 2 С. 158–174
Perceptions and representations of Soviet rule by the population is of fundamental importance to understanding public attitudes in the Era of Late Socialism. Popular perceptions of authorities are usually examined in the context of political protests, but this article deals with the main aspects of the meaning of everyday Soviet rule to the people of ...
Added: September 14, 2020
Калинина А. А., Вестник Российского государственного торгово-экономического университета (РГТЭУ) 2014 № 2 (82) С. 14–21
In the article carried out the analysis of a condition of shadow economy, in particular the tax crime, as well as the main threats causing essential damage to national interests of the state. Analyzed the reasons interfering development of business in Russia. Investigated influence of a violation of the law about taxes and fees on ...
Added: November 19, 2019
Pozdnyakova U., Bogoviz A. V., lobova S. et al., , in: Optimization of the Taxation System: Preconditions, Tendencies and PerspectivesVol. 182.: Switzerland: Springer Publishing Company, 2019. P. 207–215.
The chapter dwells on theoretical foundations of the shadow economy, considers the types of existence and growth of the shadow sector, evaluates the scale and role of the shadow economy, and studies pros and cons of existence of the shadow economy, as well as peculiarities of the model rows of measuring the shadow economy, related ...
Added: November 17, 2019
Rozanova N. M., Altynov A., Вестник Института экономики РАН 2019 № 5 С. 43–61
The article analyses a new phenomenon in contemporary global world, namely, digital shadow economy. There given a theoretical analysis of this area, with description of its forms, main actors and other basic characteristics. A brief review of its quantitative indicators is submitted. The authors have elaborated an original fundamental approach to a digital shadow economy ...
Added: October 31, 2019
Khlevniuk O. V., Europe-Asia Studies 2019 Vol. 71 No. 6 P. 892–906
This essay reviews the characteristic features of the Soviet ‘shadow economy’ by examining the activities of a
major construction enterprise headed by N. M. Pavlenko from 1948 to 1952. This was the largest currently
known private illegal enterprise of the Stalinist period. Pavlenko’s organisation built dozens of roads and
railways under contract to state entities. Based on newly ...
Added: August 14, 2019
Suslov A. B., Коренюк В. М., Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки 2018 Т. 20 № 2 С. 155–168
This paper considers the everyday life of children whose parents had been politically repressed. Mostly, the authors focus on materials from Perm region, relying on the methods and approaches of everyday history. The analysis is based on legislative regulations, archival documents, such as NKVD files, and memoirs, based on the oral accounts of witnesses. In ...
Added: December 11, 2018
Pozanenko A., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2018 Т. 27 № 4 С. 31–55
Existing descriptions of rural communities in the Russian North are based on surveys conducted in non-isolated villages. However, many rural settlements in this area have poor to non-existent transport communication with the outer world. Many villages find themselves spatially isolated and these are poorly represented in the existing research. In this paper, the author fills ...
Added: October 3, 2018
Meshcheryakov A., 2017 № 2 С. 92–97
Рецензия на книгу «Рисовать лагерь. Язык травмы в памяти японских военнопленных о СССР». ...
Added: October 23, 2017