economy of the Soviet Union The economy of the Soviet Union was based on state ownership of the means of production, collective farming, and industrial manufacturing. An administrative-command system managed a distinctive form of central planning. The Soviet economy wa ...

and

economy of Russia The economy of Russia has gradually transformed from a planned economy into a mixed market-oriented economy. —Rosefielde, Steven, and Natalia Vennikova. “Fiscal Federalism in Russia: A Critique of the OECD Proposals.” Cambridge Journa ...

, Technical Control Departments (russian: Отдел технического контроля, ОТК, OTK) were and are in charge of

quality assurance Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to ensure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design ...

of production and services.''Large Encyclopedic Dictionary'', vol. 2, Moscow, 1991, article "Отдел технического контроля"Statute of a Technical Control Department
(modern Russia), ''Spravochnik Ekonomista'' ("Economist's Reference"), no. 10, 2004 In the late

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

the OTK existed in all socialist enterprises.

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Economy of the Soviet Union Economy of Russia Quality assurance {{russia-stub ru:Отдел технического контроля

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