Effects of WW2 on the Soviet Economy

Question 1

1. What did WW2 lead to in the USSR?

2. What had it destroyed in general terms? (2)

Answer 1

1. Widespread devastation.

2. Almost all economic progress made in first three Five-Year Plans.

Question 2

1. How many people in the USSR were homeless in 1945?
2. What fraction less was Soviet industry producing than in 1940?
3. Stalin planned full-scale ____________ over the course of _ more ______ _____.

Answer 2

1. 25 million.
2. 2/3 less.
3. Reconstruction - 3 more Five-Year Plans.