Khrushchev - Economy and Social

Question 1

What were the main initial economic problems facing Khrushchev

Answer 1

Low productivity
High taxes on private land (no intensive)
Poor livestock numbers

Question 2

How did Khrushchev fix economic agricultural issues

Answer 2

Cut taxes
Cut procurement prices
Removed restrictions on land ownership

Question 3

How many Kosmosol volunteers helped aggregate land during the VLS

Answer 3

300,000

Question 4

How much new land was cultivated for the VLS

Answer 4

35.9 million acres

Question 5

What percentage of grain came from the newly cultivated land in 1956

Answer 5

over 50%

Question 6

By 1960 how much virgin land had been damaged due to the scheme

Answer 6

13,000 square miles

Question 7

Why was land damaged by the VLS

Answer 7

Single crop cultivation
No anti-erosion measures
Topsoil blowing away

Question 8

What did Khrushchev say about corn

Answer 8

“Corn can produce high yields in all areas”

Question 9

Where was the only place corn actually thrived

Answer 9

Ukraine

Question 10

How much of the 85 million acres of corn planted was ripe when harvested

Answer 10

A sixth

Question 11

How did Khrushchev achieve his promise of matching the USA meat output by 1960

Answer 11

Slaughtered dairy cattle
Falsifying figures
Taxing school meals

Question 12

Why were some peasants forced to sell livestock

Answer 12

Khrushchev restricted the size of private plots

Question 13

What were the successes of the Seven Year Plan

Answer 13

Large investment in oil and gas
Increase in consumer goods
Investment in Urals

Question 14

What were the failures of the Seven Year Plan

Answer 14

Over-focus on Space and missiles
Strain on other industries to fund others
1963-64 lowest growth rates post war

Question 15

When was Sputnik launched

Answer 15

1957

Question 16

When was Gagarin sent into space

Answer 16

1961

Question 17

When was Tereshkova sent into space

Answer 17

1963

Question 18

In May 1957 how many regional economic councils were set up

Answer 18

105

Question 19

1954-55 how many enterprises were removed from centralised control

Answer 19

11,000

Question 20

Who were Aeroflot

Answer 20

Successful Russian airline promoted at the 1958 Brussels’s world fair

Question 21

What was the growth of consumer goods in 1964

Answer 21

Only 2%

Question 22

What was the increase in coal output 1955-1965

Answer 22

187 million tons

Question 23

What was the increase in TV ownership 1955-1965

Answer 23

3,160,000

Question 24

What was Khrushchev’s goal for cereal output and how much did he miss it by

Answer 24

180 million tons
Missed by 48 million

Question 25

Where was there a food shortage in 1962 and how many were killed by state troops

Answer 25

Novocherkassk 28 killed

Question 26

What worker reforms did Khrushchev introduce in 1960

Answer 26

7 hour working day Increase minimum wage Holiday pay Repeal laws on absenteeism

Question 27

When did Khrushchev abolish tuition fees

Answer 27

1958

Question 28

How much did the number of students increase under Khrushchev

Answer 28

x3

Question 29

What did a 1961 survey show about the beliefs of the youth in Russia

Answer 29

A majority of them were cynical of the ideas of the October Revolution

Question 30

1959-1964 what percentage of places of worship were closed

Answer 30

75%

Question 31

How many cars people per car in 1966

Answer 31

200

Question 32

What was the Novy Mir

Answer 32

Publication body who released anit-government works

Question 33

How many people visited Russia for the 1957 Festival of Youth

Answer 33

34,000

Question 34

Who were the Stiliagi

Answer 34

Soviet 'Teddy boys'

Question 35

What books were released seen as exposing the weaknesses of the Soviet system

Answer 35

Dr Zhivago One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Question 36

What was the Tamizdat and Samizdat

Answer 36

Tamizdat - Self/Foreign publication of works critical of the regime Samizdat - Self duplicating of materials critical of the regime

Question 37

What was the Mayak

Answer 37

Poetry reading circle shut down by the government causing resentment from members

Question 38

In 1961 how many people were identified as having spread illegal material

Answer 38

130,000

Question 39

Who was Rudolf Nureyev

Answer 39

Leading Russia ballet-dancer who defected to France in 1961

Question 40

In 1961 what document did Khrushchev release stating that the USSR had built socialism and was progressing towards communism

Answer 40

New Party Programme

Question 41

How many people moved into new apartments 1956-65

Answer 41

108 million