Russian shipbuilding 1991-2017: lessons and prospect
2020 was approved; the federal program of commercial marine technique development was affirmated and United Shipbuilding Corporation was established. But these scratchy, uncoordinated and based on wrong principles actions didn't bring to any positive results, and even generated a new negative trend. Authors commented derived from unsuccessful experience and tried to formulate new principles of strategical management. An article is devoted to variable results derived from analysis of quarter-century transition period of Russian shipbuilding. This industry survived post-perestroyka disaster and recovered its vital capacity easier than other military and industrial branches due to its special features. The great stock of work-in -progress, inventories and equipment extenuated the greatest threats of shock therapy years, so the stream of destructive reforms was retarded. Shipyard facilities are universal and permit to shift from warship orders to commercial ones without complicated and expensive conversion. So tonnage output was stabilized besides commercial shipbuilding even demonstrates substantial growth. In practice all shipyards survived even radical change of ownership. Nevertheless the loss of strategical management on mesoeconomic level have raised more serious problem - the loss of development potential. It compelled the government to undertake some attempts for some means of development management potential. In 2007 were made three main steps: the strategy for shipbuilding industry development unti