Gosplan

American  

[gos-plahn] / gɒsˈplɑn /

noun

1. the official planning organization, which drew up projects embracing trade and industry, agriculture, education, and public health.

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Gosplan British  

/ ˈɡɒsˌplæn /

noun

1. the state planning commission of the former Soviet Union or any of its constituent republics: it was responsible for coordination and development of the economy, social services, etc

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Etymology

Origin of Gosplan

< Russian Gosplán, for Gosudárstvennaya plánovaya komíssiya State Planning Commission

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Gosplan

In the late 1960s, he married into a well-connected family, became a protege of powerful Communist Party leaders and began advancing at the powerful state planning agency Gosplan.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2016

At Gosplan," said MacRae, "they were deliberately stonewalling us on some questions.

From Time Magazine Archive

As his first Cabinet appointment, he named Yuri Maslyukov, a Communist Party member and a former head of the Soviet State Planning Committee, Gosplan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maslyukov, who heads the state planning commission Gosplan, said a move to secede would require drawing up a proposal that detailed its implications and then putting it to a popular vote.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the summer study of these revealed that in sectors of the Plan in which there had been costly breakdowns the greater-than-expected total cost was cited by the Gosplan as evidence of "over-fulfillment."

From Time Magazine Archive

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