Gosbank

Gosbank

Gosbank ( _ru. Госбанк, Государственный банк СССР, "Gosudarstvenny bank SSSR"—the USSR State Bank) was the central bank of the Soviet Union and the only bank whatsoever in the entire Union from the 1930s until the year 1987. Gosbank was one of the three Soviet economic authorities, the other two being "Gosplan" (the State Planning Committee) and "Gossnab" (the State Committee for Material Technical Supply).

Foundation

The foundation of the bank was part of the implementation of the New Economic Policy. On 3 October 1921, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK), passed a resolution for the founding of the State bank of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. This was followed by a similar resolution passed by Sovnarkom on 10 October 1921. It began operations on 16 November, 1921. In 1923 it was transformed into the State Bank of the USSR. It was placed under the jurisdiction of Narkomfin [ [http://www.cbr.ru/eng/today/history/gosbank.asp The State Bank of the USSR] accessed 26 July 2008] .

The Soviet state used Gosbank, primarily, as a tool to impose centralized control upon industry in general, using bank balances and transaction histories to monitor the activity of individual concerns and their compliance with Plans and directives. Gosbank did not act as a commercial bank in regard to the profit motive. It acted, theoretically, as an instrument of government policy. Instead of independently and impartially assessing the creditworthiness of the borrower, Gosbank would provide loan funds to favored individuals, groups and industries" as directed by the central government. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2000/russia/part03.htm Russia'S Road To Corruption ] ]

As the Union neared economic collapse, and also as part of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika program, other banks were formed, including; "Promstroybank" (USSR Bank of Industrial Construction), "Zhilstoybank"(USSR Bank of Residential Construction), "Agrobank" (USSR Agricultural Bank), "Vneshekonombank" (USSR Foreign Trade Bank), and "Sberbank" (USSR Savings Bank). "Sberbank" continues to this day as one of Russia's largest banks, retaining senior Gosbank personnel and most of the present Russian government's banking business.

ee also

*Economy of the Soviet Union
*"Sberkassa"

References


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