ABSTRACT
ItcannotbesaidthattherulingapparatusoftheUSSRwasunawareof theproblemsoftheSovieteconomy.Thenumerousreformsthatwere implementedundersuccessivegeneralsecretariesoftheCommunist PartywerealwaysintendedtoreducethedegreetowhichtheUSSR laggedbehindthecapitalistcountries.