1992 Reports

The Rise of Merchant Capital: Monopoly, Barter, and Enterprise Politics in the Vorkuta Coal Industry

Burawoy, Michael; Krotov, Pavel

It's like the French say, mused Alexander Sergeyevich, "the more things change, the more they stay the same." It was our last meeting with the chair of the Association of Northern Cities, head of Vorkuta's heating and sewerage works and most important for us, chair of the Soviet of Directors of the huge conglomerate Vorkuta Ugol' (Vorkuta Coal), comprising the major 50 enterprises in Vorkuta, including 12 of the 13 mines.