„Договор века“ и југословенска предузећа у процесу изградње совјетског гасовода Уренгој – Помари – Ужгород
“DEAL OF THE CENTURY“ AND YUGOSLAV COMPANIES IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THE SOVIET GAS PIPELINE URENGOY – POMARY - UZHGOROD

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to present and analyze the involvement of Yugoslav companies in the construction of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod export gas pipeline using the source material from the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This involvement occurred in a specific international context characterized by American sanctions imposed on the Soviet Union following the conclusion of the “Deal of the Century“ related to the export of natural gas from the Soviet Union to Western European countries. Furthermore, this article explores the Soviet building industry's crisis during economic stagnation and the rise of abandoned construction sites, known as dolgostroj, using the Yugoslav instance as an example.

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