L'organisation de l'industrie et les conditions du travail dans la Russie des Soviets

This volume offers a clear, documentary snapshot of how industry and labour were organised in Soviet Russia in the early 1920s. Compiled by the International Labour Office’s Russian studies team, it draws on two years of gathered material to present the legal rules that shaped factories, foreign investment and workers’ rights at a time when Europe was negotiating economic aid and trade with the new Soviet state.

The text outlines the key provisions that were being discussed at the 1922 Cannes conference and the London expert commission: protections for foreign employers and employees, exemption from compulsory service and taxes, guarantees of free movement of goods and personnel, and the freedom to hire and dismiss staff under standard hygiene and labour laws. By laying out these statutes in a concise, objective manner, the work aims to help diplomats, business leaders and scholars understand the practical constraints and opportunities of operating in the Soviet economy.