History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. ... By 1926, pre war production levels had only just been achieved after the huge damage to Russia's infrastructure inflicted by the First World War and the civil war. ... The Nepmen were seen as capitalists and a reminder of the Old World'. ... Dissatisfaction was building among those who fought the civil war for the reds. ...

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In the summer of 1914 Mises was called back to active duty for World War I. ... Later in the war he served with the Army's General Staff in Vienna working on economic problems until released in 1918. ... On January 1, 1927 Mises established the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research. ...

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