Ryazan miracle

The Ryazan miracle (or Ryazan affair; Russian: рязанское чудо, lit. 'Ryazan miracle', or Russian: рязанский эксперимент, lit. 'Ryazan experiment', Рязанская авантюра "Ryazan venture") is a scandal which happened in 1959 and 1960 in provincial region of Ryazan Oblast, Soviet Union, that resulted from a propaganda campaign made in support of its planned economy by Alexei Larionov [ru], chief of the Communist Party Committee of Ryazan Oblast, on the verge of newly highly ambitious plans put forward by Nikita Khrushchev to "surpass America". Larionov promised increases in meat and milk production plans that were widely and boldly advertised in Soviet propaganda until widespread lies and falsification were uncovered.^[1]^[2]^[3] These proved to be disastrous to Ryazan Oblast economy and became a major blow to Khrushchev's political image.^[3]

^ Jeremy Smith, Melanie Ilic (2011). Khrushchev in the Kremlin: Policy and Government in the Soviet Union, 1953–64. Routledge. p. 173. ISBN 9781136831829.
^ Ilya Zemtsov (1988). Chernenko: The Last Bolshevik : The Soviet Union on the Eve of Perestroika. Transaction Publishers. p. 44. ISBN 9781412819459.
^ ^a ^b Gorlizki, Yoram (2013). "Scandal in Riazan: Networks of Trust and the Social Dynamics of Deception" (PDF). Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. 14 (2): 243–278. doi:10.1353/kri.2013.0023. ISSN 1538-5000. S2CID 154134999.

[1] Jeremy Smith, Melanie Ilic (2011). Khrushchev in the Kremlin: Policy and Government in the Soviet Union, 1953–64. Routledge. p. 173. ISBN 9781136831829.

[2] Ilya Zemtsov (1988). Chernenko: The Last Bolshevik : The Soviet Union on the Eve of Perestroika. Transaction Publishers. p. 44. ISBN 9781412819459.

[:0-3] Gorlizki, Yoram (2013). "Scandal in Riazan: Networks of Trust and the Social Dynamics of Deception" (PDF). Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. 14 (2): 243–278. doi:10.1353/kri.2013.0023. ISSN 1538-5000. S2CID 154134999.

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