forgot to mention the name of the book, it's "latvijas rpniecba pirms un pc neatkarbas atganas" > in latvia as per the soviet union's needs large factories were made and flow of workforce from other republics was purposefully strengthened. proportions were roughly 1:2. so - one working latvian had to guarantee all the infrastructure for one immigrant: living quarters, schools, hospitals, kindergartens, roads, heating networks and so on. for the occupied republic it had a steep cost, as for reach arrival (migrant) on average from the latvian ssr budget were spent ~11.7 thousand rubles, calculating by 1988 prices. it must certainly be emphasised that the many union-wide manufacturing businesses, which moscow used in latvia's territory, serviced the soviet military industrial complex. military orders formed a large part of latvian ssr's gdp. after regaining independence this production was no longer necessary, in turn the remaining other production was unrealisable in both the east (taking into consideration the high inflation and political restrictions against baltic goods) and the west, where the market was already saturated with products of superior quality. > for that reason there should be no surprise, that the total level of production of the 1990s was regained only by 2006. and in many fields it still hasn't recovered, such as construction, agriculture, processing, network infrastructure and so forth, as accordingly with the market and opportunities so too has the economic structure changed.
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