RUSSIA: T2 Industry and Agriculture

Question 2

Decree on Land 1917

Answer 2

decree, allowed peasants to seize land from church and nobles

Question 3

Decree on Workers’ Control 1917

Answer 3

decree, workers can elect committees to run factories

Question 4

decree, workers can elect committees to run factories

Answer 4

Decree on Workers’ Control 1917

Question 5

Sovnarkhozy

Answer 5

Khrushchev’s 105 regional economic councils, implemented 1957 then reversed in 1958

Question 6

Khrushchev’s 105 regional economic councils, implemented 1957 then reversed in 1958

Answer 6

Sovnarkhozy

Question 7

Kosygin reforms

Answer 7

1965 proposed economic reforms to make industry profitable to drive innovation, fails as Brezhnev does not support it

Question 8

1965 proposed economic reforms to make industry profitable to drive innovation, fails as Brezhnev does not support it

Answer 8

Kosygin reforms

Question 9

Alliance of the working class with science

Answer 9

Brezhnev’s 1973 scheme to connect world-class research institutions with industry, boosting innovation. Fails due to no incentive, and fear of temporary loss of production.

Question 10

Brezhnev’s 1973 scheme to connect world-class research institutions with industry, boosting innovation. Fails due to no incentive, and fear of temporary loss of production.

Answer 10

Alliance of the working class with science

Question 11

1918 Declaration on Rights of Toiling and Exploited People

Answer 11

Decree, did 2 main things
1) Abolished land ownership so no more landlords
2) Compulsory labour duty

Question 12

Decree, did 2 main things
1) Abolished land ownership so no more landlords
2) Compulsory labour duty

Answer 12

1918 Declaration on Rights of Toiling and Exploited People

Question 13

In 1917, what % of Russian land was used for agriculture

Answer 13

10%

Question 14

In 1917, what % of the Russian population were peasants?

Answer 14

80%

Question 15

How many died in the Russian famine of 1921-22 (Lenin)

Answer 15

4m-5m

Question 16

How many Russians worked in industry in 1913?

Answer 16

2.4m out of 140m

Question 17

How many regional economic councils did Khrushchev split power into?

Answer 17

105 economic councils

Question 18

How many died in the Holodomor?

Answer 18

5 million

Question 19

What happened to the number of cattle in the USSR 1928-33?

Answer 19

1928-33, it was halved

Question 20

How large was the 1956 grain harvest following Khrushchev’s agricultural investment?

Answer 20

125m tons, largest in Soviet history

Question 21

How much did pay for farmers rise because of Khrushchev’s agricultural policies?

Answer 21

400%

Question 22

Economic growth rate under Khrushchev

Answer 22

5%

Question 23

Economic growth rate under Brezhnev

Answer 23

3%

Question 24

What % of the required food and fuel could War Communism provision provide?

Answer 24

No more than 50%

Question 25

What % of employees were estimated to be doing a useless job in 1970s?

Answer 25

20%

Question 26

When was the Tambov peasant revolt?

Answer 26

1920

Question 27

By what year had industrial production mostly returned to pre-WW1 levels?

Answer 27

1926

Question 28

Gorky's description of the effects of State Capitalism on Petrograd

Answer 28

"death of Russia"

Question 29

What statue shows a male industrial worker and a female agricultural worker slightly beneath him?

Answer 29

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (1937)

Question 30

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (1937)

Answer 30

statue, shows a male industrial worker and a female agricultural worker slightly beneath him