Chris Doss The Russia Journal
- -A truth that?s quite offensive to right wingers. - -I read an article in The New Republic denouncing - -Sheyla Fitzpatrick as a charlatain because he - -wrote there was upward mobility in the 30?s. - -This is quite obvious, since industrialization - -and high growth rates led to a demand for qualified - -professionals, and if there is a expanding educa- - -tional system, so people get a lot of opportunities. - -But I would say social mobility decreased in the - -Brezhnev years due to economic stagnation. - -Am I wrong???
Alexanre Fenelon --------------------------- I rerouted the question back to my friend (Moscow State University Faculty of Chemistry, Class of 1981) explaining that you were interested in relative social mobility in the Brezhnev era and before, not after. Here's what he said:
Difficult to say. As far as I know Stalin strongly promoted talents from the provinces. Khrushchev was more like Brezhnev. Anyway, if there had been any difference it was not very big, much less than Brezhnev era compared with today. In fact, the highest sociakl mobility was immediatelly after the revolution.
Chris Doss The Russian Journal