Гуманитарные и юридические исследования (Sep 2021)
DYNAMICS OF SOVIET-YUGOSLAV TRADE RELATIONS AS A FACTOR TO FORM THE FPRY FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY IN 1948-1955
Abstract
The article analyzes the dynamics of trade relations between Yugoslavia and the USSR starting the emergence of the Soviet-Yugoslav conflict of 1948 and up to normalization of relations between the countries that resulted in signing trade agreements in 1955. The peculiarities of trade contacts between the two countries are revealed through the consideration of trade turnover, its quantitative and qualitative composition. There was a decrease in trade turnover between the FPRY and the USSR in 1948 due to the Soviet-Yugoslav conflict, later followed by its complete cessation. In this regard, the Yugoslav leadership had to establish trade relations with the capitalist countries. The article notes that the process of gradual normalization of ties between the FPRY and the USSR began after the death of I.V. Stalin, and in 1953 the diplomatic contacts were resumed. However, the resumption of economic relations occurred only in 1955, when both sides signed the trade agreements on mutual deliveries of goods for 1955 at a total cost of 40 million rubles in Moscow. The author emphasizes that the list of Yugoslavian products and raw materials intended for delivery to the USSR was limited to minor products, while the Soviet list included strategic goods. The reason for the disbalance was the commitment of FPRY to the USA to supply strategic raw materials, which made its delivery to the USSR impossible. The author underlines that despite the rejection of mutual economic claims and the resumption of trade relations with the USSR and the countries of the Soviet bloc, there was no renunciation of trade with the capitalist countries. The author concludes that the Yugoslav side developed its own course of relations with the countries of communist and socialist orientation against the backdrop of the emerging system of economic ties. The relevance of the article is due to insufficient knowledge of issues related to economic, as well as trade relations between Yugoslavia and the USSR.
