The Disintegration Of Economic Relations Under A Planned Economy: The Case Of The Uzbek SSR

Abstract

This article analyzes the economic processes that took place in the national economy of the Uzbek SSR in 1990 on the basis of statistical reports. The study examines the decline in production volumes, violations of contractual obligations, and the disruption of sectoral and territorial balances. Using the examples of industry, construction, fuel and energy, chemical, and light industry sectors, the article reveals the process of disintegration of economic relations in the final stage of the planned economy. While official statistical indicators continued to present an image of growth, the study demonstrates the intensification of real economic problems, including shortages and rising indebtedness. The crisis of the economic system is interpreted not as a phenomenon limited to individual sectors, but as a manifestation of the systemic degradation of the entire mechanism of economic management.