September 1965 plenum decisions of the CPSU Central Committee

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The September 1965 plenum decisions of the CPSU Central Committee were a key Soviet leadership resolution that launched the Kosygin economic reforms, aiming to improve industrial efficiency through limited market-oriented measures within the planned economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CPSU Central Committee resolution ⓘ
Soviet political event ⓘ
economic reform decision ⓘ
adoptedBy Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
aimedAt improving enterprise profitability ⓘ
improving industrial efficiency ⓘ
raising labor productivity ⓘ
approvedBy Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
characterizedAs attempt at partial decentralization of economic management ⓘ
reform within the framework of central planning ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
date September 1965 ⓘ
economicSystem planned economy ⓘ
followed March 1965 speech by Alexei Kosygin to the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
historicalAssessment important but only partially implemented reform initiative ⓘ
precursor to later discussions on economic restructuring in the USSR ⓘ
ideology Marxism‑Leninism ⓘ
linked to: Marxism–Leninism
increasedEmphasisOn cost reduction ⓘ
profitability of production ⓘ
quality of output ⓘ
influenced subsequent Soviet enterprise reform measures in the late 1960s ⓘ
influencedBy earlier economic debates in the USSR about profit and incentives ⓘ
introduced limited market‑oriented measures ⓘ
introducedConcept greater enterprise autonomy within plan targets ⓘ
material incentives for managers and workers ⓘ
profit as a key indicator for enterprises ⓘ
self‑financing (khozraschyot) for enterprises ⓘ
launched Kosygin economic reforms ⓘ
legalForm CPSU Central Committee plenum resolution ⓘ
limitedBy maintenance of central plan targets ⓘ
preservation of state ownership of the means of production ⓘ
location Moscow ⓘ
mainArchitect Alexei Kosygin ⓘ
officialJustification accelerating scientific and technological progress ⓘ
improving living standards ⓘ
strengthening socialist economic management ⓘ
partOf Kosygin reform package of the mid‑1960s ⓘ
policyArea economic planning ⓘ
incentive system ⓘ
industrial management ⓘ
politicalContext Brezhnev era ⓘ
linked to: Leonid Brezhnev

post‑Khrushchev leadership consolidation ⓘ
reactionTo inefficiencies of over‑centralized planning ⓘ
stagnation in Soviet industrial growth rates in the early 1960s ⓘ
reducedEmphasisOn gross output as the main performance indicator ⓘ
sectorFocus construction ⓘ
industry ⓘ
some branches of agriculture and trade ⓘ

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Soviet economic reforms of 1965 → legalBasis → September 1965 plenum decisions of the CPSU Central Committee ⓘ
September 1965 plenum decisions of the CPSU Central Committee → legalForm → CPSU Central Committee plenum resolution ⓘ
linked to: September 1965 plenum decisions of the CPSU Central Committee