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Economic & Social Chnages, 1924-41 Flashcards

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When NEP failed what did Stalin turn to?

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Five Year Plans

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What was collectivisation meant to do?

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Improve agricultural output, but led to starvation

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What did Stalin want politically?

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More control of the countryside

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How did the industrial workers feel?

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That peasants were benefiting from the revolution in a way that they weren’t.

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What were Marxist principles?

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  • countries would be industrialised & factories made efficient and productive
  • move towards urbanisation
  • abolishment of private property
  • wealth redistributed to the poor
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What were the problems with NEP?

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  • farmers could by land and employ people, form of capitalism which was unpopular with Politburo and Stalin
  • Stalin had to get rid of kulaks
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When was peasant grain output falling?

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1927

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Why did communists and workers not pay for their grain to encourage production?

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They did not want the peasants to be in control

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What was the Urals-Siberian method?

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Stalin demanded grain seizures from peasants.

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Who were kulaks?

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Anyone who refused to join a collective farm during 1929-30.

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How many kulaks were killed in 1930-31?

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30,000

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What were initial problems with collectivisation?

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  • richer and poorer peasants didn’t like governments interference
  • would destroy their crops so communists don’t receive
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When was collectivisation paused?

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1930

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What did Stalin do when collectivisation paused?

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Accused party officials for being too harsh when they were just following orders

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How many people died due to starvation?

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  • 1 million by 1933

- 5.7 million during collectivisation years

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What happened to Ukrainians?

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Brutally oppressed the ones who refused to join collective farms

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What were the successes of collectivisation?

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  • Stalin was in control of the countryside, political success
  • grain sold abroad paid for 5YPs, economic success
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What were the failures of collectivisation?

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  • no significant increase in yield
  • Russians agricultural technology didn’t improve
  • huge loss in life
  • unpopular policy
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What was ‘Holodomor’?

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Starvation in Ukraine

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What does Stalin mean?

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Man of steel

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Why was there war scare in 1927?

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There was concerns about industry as Russia would need the industrial capacity to produce weapons in order to compete with capitalist West.

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When did Gosplan start?

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1920

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What was Gosplan?

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Committee responsible for delivering the 5YPs

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How many factories were built 1928-37 due to Gosplan?

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What was a main success of 5YPs?
First two were each completed within 4 years
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What did the first 5YPs focus on?
Heavy industries
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What did the second 5YPs focus on?
To use resources more efficiently, and to provide consumer goods
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What was the Stakhanovite movement?
- son of peasant in Ukraine - mined 102 tons of coal in 6 hours, 14x more than quota - national hero
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Successes of industrialisation
- workers gained more power/influence in the communist system - production levels in industry increased 1928-39 - electricity supply/machinery production were successes
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Failures of industrialisation
- harder to find places to live | - unrealistic goals
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How was housing in towns?
Low quality and living standards were low.
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Where did people live in towns?
Barracks/communal accommodation
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When did fruit and meat consumption go down 66%?
1928-33
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What could lead to a worker losing their job?
One day off work without a good reason
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When were internal passports introduced? What were they?
1932, to stop the free movement of people around the country.
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What was the housing in countrysides?
Basic, outside toilets and no running water
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Food in countrysides
Rations, allowed Stalin to take excess food for cities
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How was productivity in countrysides?
Very poor, in 1939 government allowed peasants to sell produce from garden plots for profit
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How did party officials live?
Luxury, access to special shops for consumer goods. They became more important than workers.
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When was ‘Zhenotdel’ closed down? Why?
1930, male leaders felt that it was no longer needed
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How many party members were women?
13.5%
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Why was the state now a supporter of marriage?
Stalin thought marriage breakdown caused abandoned children to roam the streets
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When was male homosexuality made illegal?
1933
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What happened to those who wanted a divorce?
Fees, workers couldn’t pay them
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When was abortion made illegal?
1936
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Why was abortion made illegal?
Boost population growth, attempt to create next generation of workers
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How many women were in work in 1928?
3 million
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How many women were in work in 1940?
13+ million
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What % of industrial workers were women?
38-42%
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When was the Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia announced?
November 1917
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How much of the population was Russian?
55%
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How many Soviet Socialist Republics were there?
15
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What were minorities referred as?
Bourgeois
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When was the invasion of Poland?
1939
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How many Poles were sent to the gulag in Siberia?
1 million
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What were gulags?
Hard labour camps in Siberia. Freezing conditions and starvation led to many deaths
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What nationality was Stalin?
Georgian

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