The Soviet Experiment with Empire

Blair Fix

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Abstract: In my last post, ‘The Half Life of Empire’, I charted the rise and fall of the British and US empires, as measured by their share of world energy use. Afterwards, several readers requested that I apply the same methods to the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. Here’s my attempt to do so.

Keywords: Britain; empire; energy; imperialism; Russia; Soviet Union; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P1 P5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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