Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Uralmash voucher privatisation (1992–96)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Uralmash”
1992–1996 — Sverdlovsk’s giant heavy-machinery works, a symbol of Soviet industry, is privatised through vouchers. A young entrepreneur, Kakha Bendukidze, bought up vouchers and shares until he controlled it, a pattern repeated across Russian industry as insiders and outside buyers took over.
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- Shock therapy in Russia (chapter 10 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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