Staff Policy and Personnel Practices. Review of the Monograph “The Soviet Atomic Project: An Experience of Human Resourcing” by N. V. Melnikova

The monograph presents a comprehensive analysis of the staffing of the Soviet nuclear project: its principles, forms, methods, mechanisms, as well as organizational, managerial, educational, economic and social measures in the context of the Soviet economic system. The review highlights that in the book, for the first time, the author presents an analysis of previously unpublished materials and sources of a personal nature. This allows to cover various aspects – from the institutional frameworks for the formation of personnel to internal “atomic” social practices. The significance of the presented research lies in the fact that it shows the role of the human factor in the transformation of the USSR into a nuclear power.