stalin ECONOMY

Question 1

when was the 1st five year plan?

Answer 1

1928-32

Question 2

when was the 2nd five year plan?

Answer 2

1933-37

Question 3

when was the 3rd five year plan?

Answer 3

1938-41

Question 4

when was the 4th five year plan?

Answer 4

1946-50

Question 5

when was the 5th five year plan?

Answer 5

1951-55

Question 6

what did the 1st plan focus on?

Answer 6

coal, steel and iron

Question 7

what were two plants that were developed in the 1st plan?

Answer 7

Magnitogorsk and Gorki

Question 8

how much did Magnitogorsk grow by?

Answer 8

25 - 250,000 people in 3 years

Question 9

what were workers often housed in?

Answer 9

tents and huts

Question 10

how were Gulags used?

Answer 10

converted into mines, railway construction and other projects

Question 11

what was the most notable gulag project in the 1st plan?

Answer 11

the White Sea Wall project
180,000 prisoners by 1932

Question 12

what % of the workforce was skilled in 1933

Answer 12

17%

Question 13

what were the groups of ideal workers used by the government and one example?

Answer 13

Shock brigades - Alexei Stakhanov

Question 14

what did workers in the 1st plan rely on for motivation?

Answer 14

revolutionary attitudes

Question 15

why did production increase under the 2nd and 3rd plans?

Answer 15

use of technical expertise and new industrial centres

Question 16

what areas grew in production under the 2nd and 3rd plans?

Answer 16

chemical industry and coal industry

Question 17

what project was completed under the 2nd and 3rd plans?

Answer 17

the Dnieper Dam

Question 18

what % growth rate was there in 1928-41?

Answer 18

17% - But progress unbalanced

Question 19

what was the 3rd plan focused on mostly?

Answer 19

the defence industry

Question 20

what was the 4th plan focused on?

Answer 20

economic reconstruction around the war

Question 21

what industries were especially successful in the 4th plan?

Answer 21

metal industry and heavy engineering

Question 22

what % of investment went into heavy industry in the 4th plan?

Answer 22

88% and production increased by 80%

Question 23

what did the war benefit for the soviet’s in the 4th plan

Answer 23

• they were able to use Eastern Europe
• large amounts of machinery was taken from East Germany (most was rusted and not working)

Question 24

what was the user by the government in the 4th plan for reconstruction?

Answer 24

wartime labour efforts

Question 25

what ensured workers had the basic skills in the 4th plan?

Answer 25

retraining programmes

Question 26

the plan was ___________ but problems persisted and ___________ ___________ remained neglected

Answer 26

overfulfilled consumer industries

Question 27

what was made with Eastern European countries?

Answer 27

trade agreements - very soviet sided (almost one sided)

Question 28

what was the 5th plan set out to do?

Answer 28

continue growth at a slower and more realistic rate

Question 29

what did the Cold war cause for the 5th plan?

Answer 29

increase in expenditure as military budget increased

Question 30

what were large amounts of reasources directed into in the 5th plan?

Answer 30

building of grandiose projects - the Volga-Don Canal - used reasources that could have been for housing

Question 31

what began to increase from 1948?

Answer 31

living standard

Question 32

what eased living condition in the 5th plan?

Answer 32

- price reductions (1952) - real wages for urban workers reached 1928 levels

Question 33

what remained low after the war in the 5th plan?

Answer 33

agricultural production and labour problems continued