The transformations, stemming mainly from objective causes, were major events for the country and the world. In the world history, public ownership has existed and been appropriate in a small number of countries and for short periods of time, while private ownership has existed in many countries and for long periods of time. However, the two times of transforming ownership mode in the Soviet Union proved that no countries maintain either private or public ownership perpetually. | Ownership Mode Changes in Twentieth Century Nguyen Ngoc Ha1, Hoang Thuc Lan2 1 Vietnam Social Sciences Review, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Email:nguyenngocha08@ 2 Hanoi National University of Education. Email: hoangthuclan@ Received: 18 August 2017. Accepted: 10 September 2017. Abstract: In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made changes to the mode of ownership twice: first, in 1936, a change from private to public ownership, and second, in 1985, a change from public back to private ownership. The transformations, stemming mainly from objective causes, were major events for the country and the world. In the world history, public ownership has existed and been appropriate in a small number of countries and for short periods of time, while private ownership has existed in many countries and for long periods of time. However, the two times of transforming ownership mode in the Soviet Union proved that no countries maintain either private or public ownership perpetually. Keywords: Private ownership, public ownership, (Russian) October Revolution, Soviet Union. Subject classification: Philosophy 1. Introduction The relation of ownership is the most fundamental one among the human-tohuman relations. The legal form of the relation is the ownership mode. Ownership modes (on means of production) include public ownership and private ownership3. In the 20th century, the Soviet Union changed its ownership mode twice. The transition from private ownership to public ownership (abolishing private ownership) began shortly after the Russian October Revolution in 1917, with a stop in the implementation of 32 the New Economic Policy which was promoted after the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in December 1925, and completed in 1936. The transition from public to private ownership (restoring private ownership) began in 1985 when the Soviet Union undertook its renovation, known as the perestroika4. The abolition of .
