KOLKHOZY, THE RUSSIAN ACHILLES HEEL: FAILED AGRARIAN REFORM

In: The Pacific review, Band 49, Heft 3, S. 469-478

Abstract

IN THE LATE 1980'S, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV REPEATEDLY STATED THAT THE SOVIET UNION'S MOST SERIOUS DOMESTIC PROBLEM WAS THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD. TODAY, RUSSIA CONTINUES TO HAVE FOOD SHORTAGES, AND THE SITUATION IS BECOMING WORSE. IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT THE SOURCES OF THIS CHRONIC FOOD SHORTFALL AND RUSSIA'S FAILED ATTEMPTS AT AGRARIAN REFORM.