WILL RUSSIA RETURN TO THE HERITAGE OF THE COMMAND ECONOMY? PRESENTATION OF VALERY VYZHUTOVITCH’S BOOK “NIKOLAI BAIBAKOV. STALIN’S LAST PEOPLE’S COMMISSAR

The Russian elite has started debating the issue of a possible return to the planned economy or individual components thereof. However, the Russian economic system has been based on the market principles for the past three decades. The problem is that the secrets of the State Planning Committee have long been lost and only few professionals know them. From the biography of Nikolai Baibakov, a legendary head of the USSR State Planning Committee who lived a long life and worked with Stalin, Khruschev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev, one can learn about the organization of the planned economy and its mechanisms from inside the system. Participants in the presentation of Valery Vyzhutovich’s book “Nikolai Baibakov, Stalin’s Last People’s Commissar” will discuss what lessons can be learnt from the functioning and collapse of the planned economy.

The presentation will be attended by Valery Vyzhutovich, author of the book, journalist and Yakov Urinson, Chairman of the Yegor Gaidar Fund’s Governing Board, ex-Deputy Chairman of the Government, Former Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation. 

Sponsors of the presentation: The Yegor Gaidar Fund and the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy.

The venue: Building 1, 3-5, Gazetny lane, Floor 1, Entrance 11.

For participation, please be registered by sending a message with your full name to the following address: info@gaidarfund.ru

Please be advised that registration is mandatory, the number of participants is limited by the size of the conference hall; admission by pass only. If you cannot come, but would like to see the recoding of the presentation, you may send a request to the following address: info@gaidarfund.ru

In case of questions, please call us at the following phone number: 8 495 648 14 14