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This chapter sheds light on the history of the Soviet and Russian industry from the 1930s and until 2000, noting the role of structural economic and political factors in this process. The history of the Soviet aluminium industry is presented, as is the underlying strategic rationale for its development. The chapter then examines how the situation of the aluminium industry was affected by the end of the Soviet political project and the ensuing processes of privatizing the Russian economy. Finally, it turns to the problem of access to necessary natural resources as well the need for energy, and how these issues have contributed to the evolution of this branch of the Russian economy.
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Godzimirski, J.M. (2018). Soviet and Russian Aluminium Until 2000 in Brief. In: The Political Economy of Russian Aluminium. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57234-5_3
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