Gosplan

[ gos-plahn ]

noun

1. the official planning organization, which drew up projects embracing trade and industry, agriculture, education, and public health.

Gosplan

/ ˈɡɒsˌplæn /

noun

1. the state planning commission of the former Soviet Union or any of its constituent republics: it was responsible for coordination and development of the economy, social services, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gosplan¹

< Russian Gosplán, for Gosudárstvennaya plánovaya komíssiya State Planning Commission

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gosplan¹

C20: from Russian Gos ( udarstvennaya ) Plan ( ovaya Comissiya ) State Planning Committee

Example Sentences

After two decades of working at the plant, he was named its director and in the following years rose swiftly through the ranks of Soviet hierarchy to get senior posts at the ministry of heavy industries and the Gosplan state planning agency, before being named the head of the economics department of the Communist Party’s Central Committee.

From Seattle Times

Omarova considers the same Fed-bred profiteering — “collective action problems that create financial instability and hinder socially equitable economic growth,” as she puts it — but concludes that we might as well resurrect Gosplan.

From Washington Post

“We might as well resurrect Gosplan, the old Soviet State Planning Committee, and ask them to draw up the next five-year plan,” she continued.

From New York Times

She has heaped rhetorical abuse on the Fed over the years, likening it as recently as May to Gosplan, the notorious Soviet economic planning agency.

From Washington Post

Think of the Big Ten as a combination of talent agency CAA and Gosplan, the Soviet Planning Committee.

From Slate