 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutaura kwake kuCongress yechi26Mutungamiriri weCommunist Party yeSoviet Union CPSU, Leonid Brezhnev akaudza nhume kuti donzo guru reGumi Nerimwe reChishanu reGore raiva rokuchinja upfumi hweSoviet kubva pakukura zvikuru kuenda pakukura zvikuru, uye kuwedzera mwero wokurarama ne18-20 muzana pakasvika 1985. Iye akaudzawo Congress kuti chinjo yezvemari ya 1979, yakatangwa naAlexei Kosygin, yaizova yeukoshi hukuru nokuda kwebudiriro yorongwa hwamakore mashanu. Zvimwe zvinangwa zvaiva zvokumisa kutama kubva kuMabvazuva kuenda kuMadokero uye kubva kuMaodzanyemba kuenda kuNorth pamwe nokuita kuti upfumi hurambe huchikura. Pakazosvika 1981 nzvimbo zhinji dzezvemari dzeSoviet dzaiva munzvimbo dzisina kubudirira, dzakadai seSiberia neCentral Asia. Maererano nehurumende yeSoviet, mhinduro yacho yakanga iri yokuderedza misiyano yomunzanga mumarepublic, oblasts uye sub-regional units - mumashoko aBrezhnev - kuti vagadzire mutemo unoshanda wechiverengero chavanhu. Zvisinei, maererano nehurumende yeSoviet, kukura kwehupfumi hwehupfumi hweSoviet Republics kwakanga kwadzikiswa kunze nekuda kwekuda kwevanhu veRussia, zvokuti kusiyana kwebudiriro pakati pezvematongerwe enyika kwakanga kusisina dambudziko. 