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Gosplan

Gosplan

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A government agency in the Soviet Union that planned the economy and set production targets
  • proper noun
: Gosplan
  • The key export control agency was the Export Control Commission of the USSR State Planning Committee (GOSPLAN), which issued instructions to all other state organizations countrywide.

Examples

  • Generally, the people at Gosplan, the folks who are setting the the plan targets year after year.

  • Gosplan was the government agency in the former Soviet Union that oversaw all economic planning.

  • During the Communist era, Gosplan was crucial in determining what goods were produced across the country.

  • Many historians analyze how the policies set by Gosplan affected the Soviet economy.

Surface Forms

Gosplan main

Etymology

Gosplan is a Russian abbreviation made of gos ('state' or 'government') and plan ('plan'), meaning the 'state plan' agency. So the name explains its role as the central government office that organised the Soviet economy.