Economic establishments in the late 1940s: regarding the typology of “lobby groups” in Soviet planning system. Part 2

The author decomposes mechanisms of cooperative actions taken by departmental struggling parties (People’s Commissariats -Ministries above all else) to defend their economic interests. The study covers chronological time range between 1945 and 1950s, period of developing and implementation of the 4th Five-year industrial plan. The specificity of this period was determined by the conversion transition marked the “end of the war”, during which all sectors of the Soviet economy were adapted to work in peacetime. The struggle between the People’s commissariats (Ministries) for more reasonable conditions for the fulfillment of economic obligations forced their leaders to create informal groups, which the author calls “lobby groups”. Each of them was formed to protect the interests of the industrial sector it represented. The author proposes a typology of such groups based on the analysis of correspondence between economic departments and Stalin’s governmental deputies, who were responsible for the success of one or another initiative by industry lobbyists.