Chapter 2 - Five Year Plans and Collectivisation Flashcards
(24 cards)
Why did Stalin want to move from NEP’s to Industrialisation
- Better Economically
- Would remove class enemies
- Prepare the country for war
- Would increase Stalin’s political power
Factory Productions
1913 , 1921 , 1926
For Coal million tonnes
Steel thousands of tonnes
Coal:
1913 - 29
1921 - 8.9
1924 - 27.6
Steel:
1913 - 4,231
1921 - 183
1924 - 3,141
What was the ‘State Committee of Planning’ also known as
Gosplan
What did the Gosplan develop?
the three 5 year plans
What was the Main aims of the first 5 Year Plan?
- Expand Heavy Industry
Successes and Failures of the first 5 Year Plan
S - Economy grew by 14% each year
Coal and Iron output doubled
Steel production increased by 1/3
F - Many targets were not met
Targets were set at unrealistic levels
Factories struggled to obtain necessary resources
Extremely bad quality
What was the Main aims of the second 5 Year Plan?
- Expand Heavy industry
- Develop new chemical industries
- Improve Railways and other transport links
- Make some consumer goods
Successes and Failures of the second 5 Year Plan
S - More realistic targets were set
Big advances were made
Economy started to be developed
F - Consumer industries received little investment
What was the Main aims of the third 5 Year Plan?
- Expand heavy industry
- Armament production
Successes and Failures of the third 5 Year Plan
S - 1/3 of gov investment was for defence
- Basis of powerful arms industry was built
- 9 air craft factories
F - The plan ran into problems as the purges led to may experienced factory managers to be arrested
- The Plan was cut short by Nazi invasion
When were the three 5 year plans?
1928 - 1932
1933 - 1937
1938 - 1941
How much did Stakhanov mine to become part of a large propaganda
102 tonnes of coal in 6 hours
Industrial Output - Coal
1927 / 1937 / 1940
1927 - 35
1937 - 128
1940 - 150
million tonnes
Industrial Output - Steel
1927 / 1937 / 1940
1927 - 3
1937 - 18
1940 - 18
million tonnes
Industrial Output - Oil
1927 / 1937 / 1940
1927 - 12
1937 - 26
1940 - 26
million tonnes
How was Magnitogorsk built
40,000 political prisoners
How long did workers typically stay in Mangitogorsk
82 days
Why was there a grain procurement crisis in 1927-28
- Peasants reduced grain production as low prices were being paid for it
- Others were withholding grain to push prices up
How many families were in a Kolkhoz (collective farm)
50 - 100 families
Grain Harvest
1928 / 1933
1928 - 73.3 million tonnes
1933 - 68.4 million tonnes
Grain Exports
1928 / 1933
1928 - 0.3 million tonnes
1933 - 1.69 million tonnes
What was the Great Famine sometimes also known as
Holodomor
When was the Great Famine / Holodomor
1932 - 1933
How many people died in the Great Famine / Holodomor 1932 - 1933?
4 -5 million
