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| 1947, March 3 |
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| Stalin was succeeded as minister of defense by Gen. N. A. Bulganin. | 1 |
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| March 5 |
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| The Soviet Union rejected the report of the UN Atomic Energy Commission on atomic control. | 2 |
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| July |
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| The Soviet Union and its satellites refused to participate in European economic reconstruction under the Marshall Plan (See June 5). | 3 |
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| Oct |
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| According to official reports of the Soviet State Planning Commission (Gosplan), Russia's industrial output under the five-year plan had failed to reach its yearly goal in 1946 but had surpassed it in 1947. A shortage of labor continued to be the main economic drawback. A severe food shortage, resulting from drought and crop failures in 1946, was relieved by an excellent harvest in 1947. | 4 |
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| Dec. 15 |
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| The government was able to abolish food rationing. | 5 |
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| Dec. 16 |
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| A drastic currency devaluation, at the rate of ten to one, brought renewed hardships to most people, but served to further strengthen the Soviet economy. | 6 |
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