In the
economy of the Soviet Union and other
communist states of the
Soviet Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...
, the counterplan (russian: Встречный план) was a plan put forth by workers of an enterprise (or its structural unit) to exceed the expectations of the
state plan allocated for the enterprise/unit. It was an important part of the
socialist competition.
['' Great Soviet Encyclopedia,'' article]
Встречный план
According to the ''
Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', the idea of the counterplan was put forth by the workers of the Karl Marx Plant,
Leningrad, in June 1930, during the
first five-year plan.
[
Since the 1960s, counterplans, in the form of obligations as part of Socialist emulation, to execute state plans (annual, quarterly, monthly) ahead of schedule were common in the Soviet Union and other communist states.][
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References
Economy of the Soviet Union
Soviet phraseology
Planning
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