Economy 17-85 Facts

Question 1

What did labour discipline during war communism entail?

Answer 1

An 11-hour working day compulsory for men aged 16-50.

Question 2

The 1921 harvest was ___ % of the 1913 harvest?

Answer 2

46%

Question 3

What caused the famine of 1921?

Answer 3

A poor harvest, 6 million killed.

Question 4

The industrial workforce fell from 2.4 million in 1917 to ____million in 1921?

Answer 4

1.2 million

Question 5

What did Stalin’s FYPs achieve in terms of production?

Answer 5

Electricity x10, steel and coal x5, oil x3.

Question 6

When was the Moscow Metro opened?

Answer 6

1935

Question 7

When was the Moscow-Volga canal opened?

Answer 7

1937

Question 8

How much did Stakhanov mine?

Answer 8

14x his quota in a single shift.

Question 9

By how much did productivity rise during the FYPs?

Answer 9

25-50%

Question 10

What proportion of government spending went into the military in 1940?

Answer 10

1/3

Question 11

How many aircraft factories were built between 1939-41?

Answer 11

9

Question 12

How much produce was wasted due to Central planning inefficiency?

Answer 12

40%

Question 13

Shoe queues in Moscow?

Answer 13

1000 people

Question 14

Collectivised farms were made up of?

Answer 14

20-150 families

Question 15

When did the ‘Kulak grain’ strike happen?

Answer 15

1927

Question 16

How much success did Stalin claim in 1930?

Answer 16

100% collectivisation

Question 17

How many animals were killed due to collectivisation?

Answer 17

17mil horses, 60 million sheep & goats, 11million pigs, 26mil cattle.

Question 18

Ukrainian resistance led to Stalin….?

Answer 18

Removing all of Ukraine’s livestock and grain supplies - 5 million killed.

Question 19

How many tractors were provided by MTS stations?

Answer 19

75k

Question 20

How much grain did the government procure in

a) 1928
b) 1933

Answer 20

a) 10.8mil

b) 22.6mil

Question 21

Grain exports rose by 4 million between?

Answer 21

1928-31

Question 22

How many kilos did private farms produce per hectare compared to collectivised farms?

Answer 22

410 - 320

Question 23

How many people were homeless after WW2?

Answer 23

25mill

Question 24

How much was Soviet industry and agriculture producing compared to pre-war levels?

Answer 24

Industry - 1/3

Agriculture - 1/2

Question 25

90% of investment went into

Answer 25

Heavy industry

Question 26

By how much did industrial output rise from 1945-50?

Answer 26

80%

Question 27

What proportion of the budget was allocated to the military in 1952?

Answer 27

1/4

Question 28

How little was invested into light industry?

Answer 28

12%

Question 29

Farm incomes rose by 240% between

Answer 29

1952-6

Question 30

Agricultural investment increased from 3-13% between

Answer 30

1954-9

Question 31

The total area sown increased by what due to the VLS?

Answer 31

5x

Question 32

Artif. Fertiliser prod. rose by 40% and tractor prod. rose by?

Answer 32

30%

Question 33

Agric. prod. increased by 35% between

Answer 33

1954-8

Question 34

25% of Soviet people worked on farms compared to ? in the USA

Answer 34

5%, but the USA produced x2 the amount of food

Question 35

By how much did agricultural growth slow between 1959-64?

Answer 35

15%

Question 36

What % of gdp was invested into the military in 1964?

Answer 36

11%

Question 37

The 7th fyp led to a % increase in consumer prod?

Answer 37

60%

Question 38

By how much did synthetic fibre production rise in the seventh fyp?

Answer 38

241k

Question 39

Power decentralised from gosplan to 105..

Answer 39

Sovnarkhoz, regional planning agencies

Question 40

What % of gdp was invested into the military in 1970?

Answer 40

13%