Industrial polices under Khrushchev

Question 1

What was the aim of Khrushchev and his industrial policy?

Answer 1

-modern economy to help in the competition with cold war.

Question 2

What were the issues with Stalin’s legacy?

Answer 2

-imbalance in economy to heavy industry.
-centralised planning/ political influence- unrealistic targets
-no innovation in economy
-poor living and working standards

Question 3

What did Khrushchev do in 1957?

Answer 3

-abolished central ministries in Moscow that set national targets and replaced them with Sovnarhozy

Question 4

What is meant by Sovnarhozy?

Answer 4

-100 local economic councils

Question 5

What did Khrushchev do to coordinate the Sovnarkozy?

Answer 5

-committees
-ended up being really bureaucratic and inefficient
-made it difficult to implement 5 year plans.

Question 6

What was the political aim of the Sovnarkhozy?

Answer 6

-reduce power of enemies in Moscow and allow people he likes to run the Sovnarkozy.

Question 7

What was the economic aim of the Sovnarhozy?

Answer 7

-realistic targets locally.

Question 8

What were the consequences of the Sovnarkozy?

Answer 8

-only had local perspective not national
-would not receive raw materials from places outside they were responsible for

Question 9

What was introduced in 1959?

Answer 9

-7 year plan (later reduced to 5).

Question 10

What was the 7 year plan?

Answer 10

-focus away from heavy industry and towards consumer goods,
-plastic, chemicals, light industry
-develop less developed areas like Siberia and east of Russia.

Question 11

Did Khrushchev meet his 7 year targets?

Answer 11

-gross output production 165% more
Steel from 40 in 1958 to 66.
-oil- 113-243
Machine tools 138-185.

Question 12

What percentage did disposable incomes rise by?

Answer 12

4%
0.8% of people owned a TV still behind west.