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The period 1917–40 not only covered the formative years of the Soviet economic system but also saw the establishment of the basic structure of its R&D system. In particular, the hectic years of the First Five Year Plan saw the formation of R&D organisations serving all branches of industry and by the middle of the 1930s the investment of resources in such activities was substantial even in comparison with the more industrially developed countries.
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See Ronald Amann, Julian Cooper and R. W. Davies (eds), The Technological Level of Soviet Industry (New Haven and London, 1977).
For expenditure data, see Raymond Hutchings, Soviet Science, Technology, Design. Interaction and Convergence (London, 1976) p. 67.
On this reform, see Loren R. Graham, ‘Reorganisation of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR’, in Peter H. Juviler and Henry W. Morton (eds), Soviet Policy-Making (London, 1967) pp. 133–59.
See Moshe Lewin, Political Undercurrents in Soviet Economic Debates (London, 1975).
Joseph S. Berliner, The Innovation Decision in Soviet Industry (Cambridge, Mass., and London, 1976) pp. 115–20, Science Policy in the USSR pp. 465–9, 472–3.
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Lewis, R. (1979). Conclusion: Yesterday and Today. In: Science and Industrialisation in the USSR. Studies in Soviet History and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03786-5_10
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