Ryazan miracle

The Ryazan miracle (or Ryazan affair; Russian: рязанское чудо, lit. 'Ryazan miracle', or Russian: рязанский эксперимент, lit. 'Ryazan experiment', Рязанская авантюра "Ryazan shady venture") was an economic scam that happened in 1959 and 1960 in Ryazan Oblast, Soviet Union. Following new highly ambitious plans put forward by Nikita Khrushchev to "surpass America", Alexei Larionov, chief of the Communist Party Committee of Ryazan Oblast, promised increases in meat and milk production plans that were widely and boldly advertised in Soviet propaganda until widespread lies and falsification were uncovered. These proved to be disastrous to Ryazan's economy and became a major blow to Khrushchev's political image.

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