Excerpts from Antony C. Sutton «Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development 1917 to 1930» In 1922 a concession was granted to Richard Kablitz, a Latvian firm, which took back its old prewar Petrograd factory and started again to produce steam boilers, mechanical stokers, fuel economizers, and similar equipment. This was by far the largest such plant in the U.S.S.R. Production expanded rapidly, and by the end of the decade Kablitz had equipped over 400 Russian factories with boilers and stoking equipment. In the last two years of the decade, Kablitz turnover was substantial: more than 900,000 rubles in 1925-6, 1.4 million in 1926-7 and more than 1.6 milli...
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Excerpts from Antony C. Sutton «Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development 1917 to 1930» In 1922 a concession was granted to Richard Kablitz, a Latvian firm, which took back its old prewar Petrograd factory and started again to produce steam boilers, mechanical stokers, fuel economizers, and similar equipment. This was by far the largest such plant in the U.S.S.R. Production expanded rapidly, and by the end of the decade Kablitz had equipped over 400 Russian factories with boilers and stoking equipment. In the last two years of the decade, Kablitz turnover was substantial: more than 900,000 rubles in 1925-6, 1.4 million in 1926-7 and more than 1.6 milli...
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