Establishment of the CSB and the Soviet Statistics
Abstract
This article coincides with the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Central Statistical Board (CSB). It recreates the general outline of events related to the establishment of the Central Statistical Board of the RSFSR in July 1918. The authors demonstrate the impact of the current situation at that time on this decision, first and foremost, the unwillingness of the pre-revolutionary CSK to cooperate with the Soviet authorities. Discussions surrounding the establishmentof the CSВ and the organizing principles of the Soviet statistics are considered. The role of Zemstvo statisticians, who accepted the new government in the country after the events of October 1917, is shown. The problems that the CSB faced as a body that made upthe structure of Soviet power are indicated.
About the Authors
Irina I. Eliseeva
Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint-Petersburg
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Prof.; Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics; Chief Researcher, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science. 21, Sadovaya street, St. Petersburg, 191023, Russia.
Anton L. Dmitriev
Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Docent, Department of General Economic Theory and History of Economic Thought, Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics; Docent, Department of Economic Cybernetics, St. Petersburg State University. 21, Sadovaya street, St. Petersburg, 191023, Russia.
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Eliseeva I.I., Dmitriev A.L. Establishment of the CSB and the Soviet Statistics. Voprosy statistiki. 2018;25(9):63-73. (In Russ.)
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