From the Revolution to the Cold War

A History of the Soviet Merchant Fleet from 1917 to 1950

New Hardback Illustrated

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This illustrated account of Soviet merchant shipping starts with a survey of Russian waterways and ports in the pre-Bolshehvik era, in which two companies dominated the trade. After the revolution shipping was nationalized, and the author examines the effects of the New Economic Plan and the Five-Year Plan before detailing the upheaval of the war and the post-war recovery.

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