Five Year Plans

Question 1

What was the electricity output in the USSR in 1928?

Answer 1

5.05 billion kWh.

Question 2

What was the target for electricity production in 1932?

Answer 2

17 billion kWh.

Question 3

What was the actual electricity production in the USSR in 1932?

Answer 3

13.4 billion kWh.

Question 4

What was the electricity output in 1937?

Answer 4

36.7 billion kWh.

Question 5

What was the coal output in the USSR in 1928?

Answer 5

35.4 million tonnes.

Question 6

What was the 1932 target for coal production?

Answer 6

68 million tonnes.

Question 7

How much coal was actually produced in 1932?

Answer 7

64.3 million tonnes.

Question 8

What was the coal production target for 1937?

Answer 8

152 million tonnes.

Question 9

How much coal was produced in 1937?

Answer 9

128 million tonnes.

Question 10

What was the USSR’s oil production in 1928?

Answer 10

11.7 million tonnes.

Question 11

What was the 1932 oil production target?

Answer 11

19 million tonnes.

Question 12

What was the actual oil production in 1932?

Answer 12

21.4 million tonnes.

Question 13

What was the oil production in 1937?

Answer 13

28.5 million tonnes.

Question 14

How much pig-iron was produced in 1928?

Answer 14

3.3 million tonnes.

Question 15

What was the 1932 target for pig-iron production?

Answer 15

8 million tonnes.

Question 16

How much pig-iron was produced in 1932?

Answer 16

6.2 million tonnes.

Question 17

What was the target for pig-iron production in 1937?

Answer 17

16 million tonnes.

Question 18

How much pig-iron was produced in 1937?

Answer 18

14.5 million tonnes.

Question 19

How much steel did the USSR produce in 1928?

Answer 19

4 million tonnes.

Question 20

What was the target for steel production in 1932?

Answer 20

8.3 million tonnes.

Question 21

How many enterprises were opened in 1928?

Answer 21

1,400 enterprises.

Question 22

How many enterprises were opened by 1937?

Answer 22

4,500 enterprises.

Question 23

What was the main goal of the Five Year Plans launched in 1928?

Answer 23

To rapidly industrialize Soviet Russia and transform the economy through central planning.

Question 24

What replaced the capitalist market under the Five Year Plans?

Answer 24

Central planning.

Question 25

What were the key focuses of the First Five-Year Plan (1928-1932)?

Answer 25

Heavy industry including coal, iron, steel, and electricity; 80% of investment went into these areas.

Question 26

How many industrial enterprises were created during the First Five-Year Plan?

Answer 26

1,500 enterprises.

Question 27

What were some achievements of the First Five-Year Plan?

Answer 27

Electricity production tripled, coal and iron output doubled, and steel production increased by one-third.

Question 28

Name a significant failure of the First Five-Year Plan.

Answer 28

Poor consumer industry development and unfulfilled chemical production targets.

Question 29

What characterized the Second Five-Year Plan (1933-1937)?

Answer 29

Focus on heavy industry, communications, and transportation; 4,500 enterprises opened.

Question 30

Which dam was a showpiece project of the Second Five-Year Plan?

Answer 30

The Dnieprostroi Dam.

Question 31

What were some successes of the Second Five-Year Plan?

Answer 31

Growth in heavy industry, self-sufficiency in machine-making, and developments in metallurgy and chemical industries.

Question 32

What were some shortcomings of the Second Five-Year Plan?

Answer 32

Poor consumer goods production and underwhelming oil production.

Question 33

Why was the Third Five-Year Plan (1938-1941) cut short?

Answer 33

World War II.

Question 34

What was emphasized during the Third Five-Year Plan?

Answer 34

Heavy industry, defense, and armaments.

Question 35

What significant city and industrial project was built during the First Five-Year Plan?

Answer 35

Magnitogorsk, a socialist steel city.

Question 36

What was the population of Magnitogorsk by 1932?

Answer 36

250,000 people.

Question 37

Describe the living conditions for workers in Magnitogorsk during its construction.

Answer 37

Workers lived in tents, mud huts, and crowded dormitories with shared bedspace.

Question 38

What was the first underground railway built in the USSR under the Five-Year Plans?

Answer 38

The Moscow Metro.

Question 39

How many kilometers of railway did the Moscow Metro's first line span?

Answer 39

11 kilometers with 13 stations.

Question 40

What was the capacity of the Dnieprostroi Dam built during the Five-Year Plans?

Answer 40

560 MW.

Question 41

What was the Turksib Railway’s significance?

Answer 41

It connected Central Asia to Siberia and facilitated cotton and grain transport.