Stephan Merl
Biographic Data
| ID | 3975082 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephan Merl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephan |
| FAMILY NAME | Merl |
| SIGNATURE | MERL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Foundations of the 'Agricultural Miracle' in Communist Hungary
Among the socialist states, only Hungary showed some impressive success in increasing agricultural production.After Hungarian agricultural production cooperatives were released from the state patronage in 1967, they could freely develop their production and start non-agricultural activities (P.187-195).In the early 1970s, they got access to the highly productive Western machines and technologies, which significantly increased production in animal…
Why the Soviet Union Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev Failed With the Complex Mechanization of Agriculture
The author focuses on internal aspects to answer the question why the complex mechanization of agriculture under Khrushchev and Brezhnev failed. The author argues that the command economy did not solve the basic task of ensuring animal production by large farms, because the high-quality equipment to reduce labor input and costs was not provided. Behind the facade of impressing reforms -from the virgin-land program and liquidation of the machine-t…
Matthias Braun, Von Menschen und Mikroben. Malaria und Pest in Stalins Sowjetunion 1929–1941. (Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte, Bd. 87.) Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2019
Martin Aust, Die Schatten des Imperiums. Russland seit 1991. München, Beck 2019
Agricultural Reforms in Russia From 1856 to the Present
Despite its initial backwardness, the agricultural sector played a decisive role in the Russian/Soviet history. Until the 1950s, it was the main sector of occupation; it had contributed greatly to the gross domestic product and gross value added until forced collectivization destroyed huge agricultural resources. The article argues that emancipation paved the way for agricultural modernization by promoting a new agricultural structure based on th…
Why the Soviet Union Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev Failed With the Complex Mechanization of Agriculture
The article provides archival evidence to the argument that complex mechanization after 1953 was a failure International contacts were quickly restored after Stalin's death. They made evident to what extent the Soviet Union had fallen behind the West in agricultural technology and reliability of machinery. The article describes how successfully the Ministry of Agriculture collected information on Western technology. Already in 1955, models of the…
Reassessment of the Soviet Agrarian Policy in the Light of Today's Achievements
Obvious successes of Putin's policy require a reassessment of the Soviet agrarian policy. The article addresses the question of whether the Bolsheviks' approach was appropriate for the Russian peasantry and considers limitations of the concept "socialist industrialized agriculture'. To assess achievements of the Soviet agriculture the author uses qualitative instead of quantitative criteria: per hectare yields and milk per cow since 1913. They ke…
Agrarian Transformations in the Former GDR in 1989-2017
The transformations of agriculture in the direction of privatization and adaptation to the market started in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. Looking back from today, this was a difficult process for the economic transition was strongly influenced by changing prices and demand for agricultural goods. Today in most countries, agricultural productivity is higher though problems and uncertainties are still evident especially co…
Why did the attempt under stalin to increase agricultural productivity prove to be such a fundamental failure
This article seeks to explore why the Soviet Union failed to achieve the two aims associated with the transition to “Socialist agriculture,” namely the industrialization of agricultural production and a rapid increase in agricultural yields. In the 1930s, the party leadership under Stalin launched four large-scale campaigns for the implementation of these aims. These included land consolidation, the introduction of progressive crop rotation and t…
Jonathan R. Zatlin, The Currency of Socialism. Money and Political Culture in East Germany
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Bauern unter Stalin
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Jonathan R. Zatlin, The Currency of Socialism. Money and Political Culture in East Germany
Why did the attempt under stalin to increase agricultural productivity prove to be such a fundamental failure
This article seeks to explore why the Soviet Union failed to achieve the two aims associated with the transition to “Socialist agriculture,” namely the industrialization of agricultural production and a rapid increase in agricultural yields. In the 1930s, the party leadership under Stalin launched four large-scale campaigns for the implementation of these aims. These included land consolidation, the introduction of progressive crop rotation and t…
Agrarian Transformations in the Former GDR in 1989-2017
The transformations of agriculture in the direction of privatization and adaptation to the market started in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. Looking back from today, this was a difficult process for the economic transition was strongly influenced by changing prices and demand for agricultural goods. Today in most countries, agricultural productivity is higher though problems and uncertainties are still evident especially co…
Reassessment of the Soviet Agrarian Policy in the Light of Today's Achievements
Obvious successes of Putin's policy require a reassessment of the Soviet agrarian policy. The article addresses the question of whether the Bolsheviks' approach was appropriate for the Russian peasantry and considers limitations of the concept "socialist industrialized agriculture'. To assess achievements of the Soviet agriculture the author uses qualitative instead of quantitative criteria: per hectare yields and milk per cow since 1913. They ke…
Matthias Braun, Von Menschen und Mikroben. Malaria und Pest in Stalins Sowjetunion 1929–1941. (Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte, Bd. 87.) Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2019
Martin Aust, Die Schatten des Imperiums. Russland seit 1991. München, Beck 2019
Agricultural Reforms in Russia From 1856 to the Present
Despite its initial backwardness, the agricultural sector played a decisive role in the Russian/Soviet history. Until the 1950s, it was the main sector of occupation; it had contributed greatly to the gross domestic product and gross value added until forced collectivization destroyed huge agricultural resources. The article argues that emancipation paved the way for agricultural modernization by promoting a new agricultural structure based on th…
Why the Soviet Union Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev Failed With the Complex Mechanization of Agriculture
The article provides archival evidence to the argument that complex mechanization after 1953 was a failure International contacts were quickly restored after Stalin's death. They made evident to what extent the Soviet Union had fallen behind the West in agricultural technology and reliability of machinery. The article describes how successfully the Ministry of Agriculture collected information on Western technology. Already in 1955, models of the…
Why the Soviet Union Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev Failed With the Complex Mechanization of Agriculture
The author focuses on internal aspects to answer the question why the complex mechanization of agriculture under Khrushchev and Brezhnev failed. The author argues that the command economy did not solve the basic task of ensuring animal production by large farms, because the high-quality equipment to reduce labor input and costs was not provided. Behind the facade of impressing reforms -from the virgin-land program and liquidation of the machine-t…
Foundations of the 'Agricultural Miracle' in Communist Hungary
Among the socialist states, only Hungary showed some impressive success in increasing agricultural production.After Hungarian agricultural production cooperatives were released from the state patronage in 1967, they could freely develop their production and start non-agricultural activities (P.187-195).In the early 1970s, they got access to the highly productive Western machines and technologies, which significantly increased production in animal…
Political science (10 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Agricultural productivity (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Productivity (5 works) · Agrarian society (4 works) · Economic policy (4 works)