WSPÓŁPRACA PRODUKCYJNA I NAUKOWO-TECHNICZNA ZSRR Z RFN W LATACH 70. XX WIEKU
INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION OF THE USRR WITH THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DURING THE 1970S

Summary/Abstract: The geopolitical face of Europe, and in particular its economic situation, hasbeen significantly influenced over the past century by the cooperation of Europe's largestpower, Germany, with the Soviet Union, which constitutes a raw material andindustrial base and a huge market. The purpose of the article is to explain the scale andforms of this cooperation at the peak of its intensification, namely in the 1970s. Theauthor considered various forms of this cooperation, from trade through productioncooperation combined with scientific and research cooperation, taking place within theframework of joint long-term production and trade contracts and licensing agreements,which are an important form of technology transfer. The article also presents theinstitutional and legal framework of cooperation, explaining the reasons for itsintensification and impact on economic development. These are related, among otherthings, to the complementary nature of the two economies and result from the economiccalculus. This situation has not changed to this day, which, among other things, explainsthe behavior of the German government in relation to the war in Ukraine.

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