National Economic Interests of the USSR and GDR in Scientific and Technical Cooperation in 1965-1975
Scientific and technical cooperation of the socialist countries is practically not investigated (primarily for ideological reasons). In the history of the USSR and the GDR, such cooperation has played an important role, knowledge about which is of interest in light of the importance of Russian-German relations. For this reason I chose scientific and technical relations between the USSR and the GDR as a subject of study, which I study using the general historical and socio-economic methods. In my article, I show the mechanism of the Kosygin’s reforms of 1965-1975, which affected the scientific and technical cooperation between the USSR and East Germany during this period. I explore originated new forms and methods of cooperation, which brought economic benefits to both countries. National interests of both countries have played an important role in the birth of socialist competition in international economic relations. Thanks to GDR leadership and economists positions, socialist egalitarian system in collaboration has given way to world-standards market. On the basis of Russian and German archival documents, I argued that the first time an active scientific and technical cooperation between the USSR and the GDR in 3-4 years could bring their national economic interests in the high international level and go to the competitive phase of mutually beneficial cooperation.