ABSTRACT

ItcannotbesaidthattherulingapparatusoftheUSSRwasunawareof theproblemsoftheSovieteconomy.Thenumerousreformsthatwere implementedundersuccessivegeneralsecretariesoftheCommunist PartywerealwaysintendedtoreducethedegreetowhichtheUSSR laggedbehindthecapitalistcountries.