APENDIXES APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS GOSPLAN-State Committee for Planning. Founded in 1921, Gosplan Was Responsible for All Economic P

APENDIXES APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS GOSPLAN-State Committee for Planning. Founded in 1921, Gosplan was responsible for all economic planning in the USSR. One of its most important jobs was to create the five-year plans. ITR-Engineering-Technical Worker. A Soviet term for engineers and technicians, especially those who worked in production. KEPS-Commission for the Study of Scientific-Productive Forces. Founded in 1915, the purpose of KEPS was to increase the productivity of Russian industry during WWI. It eventually evolved into VESENKHA. OGPU-(Also called GPU)-State Political Directorate. The OGPU was the secret police of the Soviet Union. It changed names a number of times, eventually becoming the KGB, or Committee of State Security. The OGPU also ran the Gulag system. RABKRIN-Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspectorate. Founded in 1920, Rabkrin‟s job was to root out corruption, inefficiency and red tape in the state and economic agencies. VAI-All-Russian Association of Engineers. A professional society for Russian engineers that was founded in 1919. Unlike VARNITSO, the VAI was not affiliated with the Communist Party. Because of this, many of the old specialists were members. The VAI would eventually be dissolved in 1929. VARNITSO: All-Union Association of Scientific and Technical Workers for Active Participation in Socialist Construction in the USSR. Varnitso was a Marxist professional organization for scientists and technical workers. Founded in 1927, its purpose was to recruit the technical intelligentsia to the cause of socialism. Its members were required to adopt the same strict discipline as the Communist Party. 80 .

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