4th Five Year Plan - 1946-50 Flashcards
What are the aims of this plan?
-‘catch up’ with the USA
-rebuild heavy Ind + transport
-revive Ukraine
How were these aims going to be achieved?
-use of extensive reparations from east Germany
-maintenance war time controls on lab force - longs hrs, low wages, high targets, female lab
What grand projects were a result of this plan?
-canals
-hydro electric plants
What was the impact of this plan?
-USSR 2nd to USA in Ind econ
-most targets heavy Ind met
-production doubled
What happened to the workforce?
-urban workforce increased 67m to 77m 1941-52
What happened at the end of 1947?
-Dnieper dam power station in action again
-Ind stronger than pre war