stalin statistics

Question 1

what was the stats for steel production during the five year plans

Answer 1

4 million in 1927 to 18 million in 1940

Question 2

what was another important stat for industrialisation

Answer 2

USSR= second largest industrial power in the world

Question 3

what was one of the main costs of industrialisation

Answer 3

death of estimated 10 mil due to famine and forced labour

Question 4

what was the stats from the white sea baltic canal project and when was it

Answer 4

100,000 - 200,000 forced labour workers with roughly 25 percent dying
in 1931-33

Question 5

what were the effects on consumer goods of industrialisation

Answer 5

clothing production dropped 40 percent from 1928 to 1940

Question 6

what were stats for the agricultural sector

Answer 6

stayed the same from 1928 to 1939
unable to recover from collectivisation till 1953

Question 7

what was another fact that showed the limits of industrialisation

Answer 7

it resulted on chaos with many workers feeling so much pressure to over produce that they were false accounting
as not reaching numbers was a criminal offence

Question 8

what was collectivisation (2 definitions)

Answer 8

essentially=
collectivisation; enforced pooling of labour machinery and land in agriculture
requisitioning or redistrubution= forced seizure of agricultural produce to feed industrial workers

Question 9

what were the economic functions of collectivisation and requisition

Answer 9

collectivisation= Stalin believed bringing resources together would be more efficient and produce better output
requisitioning= in order to fuel industrialisation (feeding workers, exporting grain etc)

Question 10

what were the social functions of collectivisation and requisition

Answer 10

collectivisation= to get rid of capitalist ideas and beliefs of peasants to help build socialist ideas about communal life style
requisitioning= to create a complian state and get rid of the idea of private property

Question 11

what was the dates and 3 main points of the first five year plan

Answer 11

1928-1932
quantity over quality
successful as finished a year early
set targets
- class A industries (ex coal, oil, iron) had to triple output
- class B industries (ex consumer goods) had to double output

Question 12

what were the dates and 3 main points of the second five year plan

Answer 12

1933-37
focus on modernisation transport and communications
created moscow underground
purges interrupted

Question 13

what were the dates and 3 main points from the 3rd five year plan

Answer 13

1938-41
interrupted by war
focused on arms (tanks, guns etc)
bad start due to harsh winter in 1938

Question 14

how many peasant households were collectivised

Answer 14

93 percent of peasant households were collectivised by 1937

Question 15

holdomor famine stats

Answer 15

5-7 mil deaths
1932-33

Question 16

what were the grain export stats

Answer 16

5 mil tonnes in 1931 while millions starved

Question 17

what was the resistance from kulaks

Answer 17

1.5 million deported to siberia or executed

Question 18

what did they do to reesist collectivisation

Answer 18

25-30 percent of livestock killeed

Question 19

what started the great terror

Answer 19

the party of congress 1934
kirov won more votes than stalin and stalin had him killed

Question 20

when did the great terror properly start and what were the stats

Answer 20

1936-38
1.2 million arrests and 600,000 executions

Question 21

what and when was the great purge

Answer 21

1937
killed any rivals or political threats

Question 22

what happened to the central comittee

Answer 22

93 out of 139 comittee members were executed

Question 23

what else did the great terror effect

Answer 23

also purged culture and famous buildings to create image of “new russia”

Question 24

what was the stats for the gulags

Answer 24

by 1941 approx 8 million people were in labour camps

Question 25

what was the constitution and when was it

Answer 25

1936 claimed to be democratic granting freedom of speech and more rights just a facade for stalins totalitarian control

Question 26

what was stalin depicted as x3

Answer 26

"man of the people", father figure, "uncle je"

Question 27

what was the secret police called

Answer 27

NKVD

Question 28

what were names of propaganda

Answer 28

pravda, ivestya, red sport

Question 29

what suprising fact is there that he did for propaganda

Answer 29

wore a white suit to stand out from the crowd

Question 30

what did stalin do to the churches

Answer 30

he diluted the powers of the russian church, often thro force turned himself into more of a god like figure venerated as "little father" and protector of orthodox church

Question 31

what is stats that show effect on churches

Answer 31

only 500 left by 1940

Question 32

how was stalins attitude to education

Answer 32

very strict program of discipline reintroduced previously banned exams changed subjects- history= lenin and stalins relations exaggerated, book was called "a short history of the USSR"

Question 33

what was the effect on children

Answer 33

expected to join youth groups "young pioneers" 10-14 "komsomol" 14-28 viewed youth as foundation of future (industrial workers and soldiers)

Question 34

what is example of power state had over children

Answer 34

Pavlik Morosov praised for reporting his father shows how idea of socviet fam meant proritising state

Question 35

what happened to women during Stalins period

Answer 35

under lenin received more benefits emphasis on traditional roles no divorce or abortions 75 percent of USSR doctors by 1950

Question 36

give me stats for losses in WW2

Answer 36

27 mil deaths

Question 37

how did stalins leadership influence WW2

Answer 37

pivotal role in turning tide of Battle of Stalin grad and turning away nazis

Question 38

how did Stalins fear and mistrust influence his leadership

Answer 38

Simon montefoire sasys "his paranoia was both his strength and his weakness" seen w Tukhachersky affair when Hitler created fake docs to manipulate Stalin into killing his own officers and generals

Question 39

what happened to the USSR post war 2

Answer 39

became a world super power post 1945

Question 40

what are examples of stalins want for expansion

Answer 40

baltic states= Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in 1940 to make the USSR bigger and safer Eastern Poland: In 1939, Stalin’s army moved into the eastern part of Poland to add more land to the Soviet Union. Winter War: Stalin tried to take land from Finland by invading, but the Finns fought hard and only a small part was taken.

Question 41

when was the shift away from the NEP and what was it called

Answer 41

the great turn 1927-29

Question 42

what were successes of great turn

Answer 42

Massive growth in heavy industry (steel, coal, machinery). USSR became a major industrial power by late 1930s. Boosted urbanisation and increased employment. Stalin’s power became unchallenged.

Question 43

what were failures of great turn

Answer 43

widespread famine (e.g. Holodomor killed ~4 million). Millions of peasants died or were deported. Agricultural output dropped in the short term. Harsh forced labour conditions in industrial projects.

Question 44

what were reasonf for the great turn

Answer 44

industrialise input collectivisation eliminate NEP and capitalist elements consolidate power