Studies in Russian and East European History and Society

Westwood, J.

In the postsoviet decade Russian railways remained highly centralised, evaded the upheavals of mass privatisation, and remained the backbone of a demoralised economy. Preserving much of Soviet practice, the Railways Ministry mounted a skilled rearguard action that achieved a gradual and considered adaptation to the market economy rather than the pell-mell, western-orientated, liberalisation that afflicted other branches of the economy. This book describes that rearguard action, and goes on to show how railway managers are coping with the new conditions.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-12-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333674178

DOI: 10.1057/9780230285873

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 255