Describe how centralized planning created a new economic geography across the former Soviet Union. What is its lasting impact?
What will be an ideal response?
During the Soviet era all industry and agriculture was dominated by centralized economic
planning. The state favored heavy industries rather than consumer goods; agriculture was based
on large collectives and state-controlled farms. Much infrastructure was developed during this
period. In the post-Soviet era, the legacy of these planning decisions remain, in that industry
remains tied to the locations established by Soviet planners. Agriculture has become privatized;
but the basic distribution of food-stuffs remains little changed from the Soviet era.
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