Advanced Technologies in the Cooperative Sector of the Economy: Historical Aspect

Abstract

The paper focuses on a retrospective analysis of the historical development of the cooperative movement in Russia to identify some patterns in this process. The authors of the paper concluded that in the entire history of the Russian cooperative movement, it represented the most harmonious form in terms of the interaction between the state, society, and cooperation in the pre-revolutionary period. Under Soviet rule, there was a bias towards increasing state pressure, and cooperation lost some of its uniqueness. At present, on the contrary, the cooperative initiative lacks systemic state support, as well as understanding and acceptance of cooperation and cooperative principles in society. At the same time, historical experience has shown that for cooperation, as a self-developing system, high-tech prolonged educational projects are needed that can unite different cooperative organizations into a cooperative environment.