"there was no possibility of building socialism in Russia, without access to western technology, on terms that simply were not on offer."
I don't know. Others are more up on the subject than I am, but my sources indicate that the Soviets's weapons were superior to the Nazis. The country had pretty good training in science, math, and technology.
Too much of their resource went into the military, but they were surrounded by enemies.
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