Economic views of E. T. Gaidar and Russia<sup>`</sup>s transition to the market economy (devoted to the 30th anniversary of the start of radical economic reforms)
This article is dedicated to the reasons upcoming 30th anniversary (January 2, 2022) of the launch of Gaidar`s economic reforms, which the beginning Russia`s transition from administrative to the market national economy. The personal contribution of Gaidar`s to the theoretical support and practical implementation of these reforms is emphasized. The reasons for lag of the Soviet economy from the developed Western economies in 1970-80 are analyzed, and the ways of its overcoming, proposed by E. T. Gaidar, are indicated. The special attention is paid to the Gaidar`s work at the «Communist» magazine as the head of economic department. All the aspects of the new complex transition process at the beginning of 1992 are considered. The problems of price liberalization, privatization, financial and banking reforms are considered. It`s pointed out that in the specific political and economic conditions of the end of 1991, another approach to this implementation was impossible.