Formation and Development of the Socialist Economy in the Central Asian Republics

Abstract

In the 60 years that have followed their formation, the Central Asian republics have achieved major successes in their economic and social development. Lenin's idea of the transition of backward peoples to socialism, which is based on the possibility of the cycle of historical development being abbreviated under certain conditions, has been realized. The establishment of Soviet power was the necessary prerequisite to the building of socialism in the Central Asian republics without first going through the capitalist stage. The affirmation of public ownership of the means of production provided the basis on which the relations of cooperation and mutual aid formed between peoples irrespective of their ethnicity.