Economic growth and the agricultural sector of the USSR (1955-1985). New methodological approach

Popov G.

The economic history of the USSR remains a field of scientific discussion now. However, there is no generally accepted concept of the causes of the economic crisis of the Soviet economy that led to the collapse of the USSR. In this regard, the author offers a new methodological approach that shows the dependence of the dynamics of the USSR's GDP on the growth of agricultural production. The author relies on statistical indicators of grain production in the USSR in the 1950s-first half of the 1980s.The aim of the article is to develop a new methodological approach to determining the nature of the impact of agricultural production on the USSR’s GDP. The author concludes that after 1953 agriculture continued to strongly influence the growth of the USSR's GDP.

Keywords:Soviet economy, planned economy, economic development of the USSR, agricultural development of the USSR