Eleventh five-year plan (Soviet Union)

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The Eleventh Five-Year Plan, or the 11th Five-Year Plan, of the

Council of Ministers Nikolai Tikhonov at the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).[1]

The 26th Congress

Main article: 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
A Soviet stamp devoted to the 26th Party Congress

In his speech to the

Soviet Republics had been evened out due to the altruism of the Russian people, such that developmental differences between republics were no longer a problem.[5]

Nikolai Tikhonov, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, told the Congress that industrial output would grow by an estimated 26-28 percent during the five-year plan and capital investment by between 12–15 percent over the

preceding plan. Tikhonov criticised what he saw as inefficiencies within the planned economy, placing most of the blame on low labour productivity, which as a result was targeted to grow by 23–25 percent, an increase of 6–8 percent over the preceding plan.[6] "The basic guidelines for the USSR's economic and social development in 1981–85 and the period up to 1990", an economic plan proposed by Tikhonov, was adopted by the Congress. The five key points of Tikhonov's economic plan were:[7]

  1. Growth in the eastern regions to be accelerated.
  2. Labour reserves of Central Asia to be better utilised, with training of a well-educated workforce improved.
  3. Modernisation of enterprises in Soviet Europe and existing resources put to better use.
  4. Territorial production complexes put to better use.
  5. An increase in the Soviet's role in oversight of the planned economy.

In his presentation to the congress, Tikhonov admitted that

Soviet–US relations, but dismissed all speculation that the Soviet economy was in any sort of crisis.[8] However, he went on to admit that there were economic "shortcomings" and acknowledged the ongoing "food problem". Other topics for discussion were the need to save energy resources and to improve the quality of Soviet produced goods.[9]

Fulfillment

By the 1980s the

Soviet economy had stagnated, with the natural gas industry the only Soviet fuel industry to surpass the five-year plan's indicators.[10] During the five year plan period, energy production accounted for two-thirds of Soviet capital spending.[11]: 56  Although 40,000 robots were produced during the plan,[12] advances in computer technology decreased.[13] At the end of his life, former Premier Alexei Kosygin feared the complete failure of this five-year plan, claiming that the incumbent leadership were reluctant to reform the stagnant Soviet economy.[14] None of the Soviet Far East oblasts fulfilled the five-year plan's housing targets.[15]

By the 1960s, the goal of increasing the labour surplus had become a major obstacle, caused by factors including the declining birth rate. Labour growth had also stagnated with working population growth remaining at 18 percent between 1971 and 1980. The table below uses the planner's targets as a base for comparison with actual increases in industrial growth due to labour productivity.[16]

Year % growth achieved
11th Five-Year Plan 90
1981 62
1982 61
1983 80
1984 93

According to Nikolai Ryzhkov, the Soviet Premier at the 27th Party Congress, the Eleventh Five-Year Plan had not been able meet the USSR's fuel requirements.[17]

See also

References

Notes
  1. ISBN 978-3-8258-0640-8
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  2. ^ Dellenbråt 1986, p. 109.
  3. ^ Dellenbråt 1986, pp. 109–110.
  4. ^ Dellenbråt 1986, p. 110.
  5. ^ Dellenbråt 1986, pp. 110–111.
  6. ^ Dellenbråt 1986, p. 111.
  7. ^ Dellenbråt 1986, pp. 111–112.
  8. ^ "Tikhonov Bids for U.S. Trade". Reading Eagle. 27 February 1981.
  9. ^ "Soviets put squeeze on U.S. for summit". Tri-City Herald. 27 February 1981.
  10. ISBN 0-8476-7847-4
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  11. ISBN 978-0-520-39313-4
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  12. ISBN 0-12-012130-1
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  13. ISBN 0-12-012130-1
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  14. ^ Вергасов, Фатех. Организация здорового накала [The Healthy Glow of Organisation] (in Russian). pseudology.org. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  15. ISBN 0-415-02406-4
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  16. ISBN 0-87332-470-6
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  17. ISBN 0-87332-470-6
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Bibliography

Dellenbrant, Jan Åke (1986). The Soviet regional dilemma: planning, people, and natural resources.

ISBN 0-87332-384-X
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Preceded by
10th Plan

1976 – 1981
 11th Five-Year Plan
1981 – 1985 		Succeeded by
12th Plan

1986 – 1990
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