E2: Stalin Economic Transformation Flashcards
Quote of Stalin about being 100 yrs behind
We are 50-100 years behind the advanced countries.
Either we make good the difference in 10 years, or they will crush us.
What years did the Five Year plans span?
1928-1941
Statistic to say after “working conditions severe”
For every 19 tonnes of steel produced in Stalinist period, 1 Soviet citizen was killed.
Alexei Stakhanov
Produced 102 tonnes coal in one shift : 31 Aug 1935
Statistic about machinery production result
By 1932, machinery production increased fourfold.
Stat about oil
Oil production more than doubled from 11.7 mil tonnes in 1928 to 28.5 in 1937.
Name or new town built + what it centered on
Magnitogorsk; iron and steel works
Stat about how many ppl employed in Magnitogorsk
By 1939, 45000 ppl
Example of canal + length
White to Baltic Sea ; 400 km
Stat about secondary school
No’s in schools grew six times between 1928-1938
Stat about women workers
By 1940, 40% of workers were women
Stat about population shift
Urban working class trebled from 11 mil in 1928 to 33 mil in 1938
Stat about Russia as world power
By 1940, Russia second most industrialized , after America , theee places up its position previous the plans
How many families would work in a kolkhoz
50-100
Years of collectivization
1927 1940
Stat of voluntary collectivization not working
By 1929 less than 10% had volunteered to join kolkhozy
When did Stalin begin to use force for collectivization
Late 1929
Secret police
OGPU
When was the famine
How many killed
1932-33 ; 5-10 mil ppl
What was stalins policy in Ukraine known as
How many killed
Extermination by hunger ; Holodomor
5 mil
Stat majority of farms collectivized
By 1936, 90% of farmland collectivized, forming 250,000 kolkhozy
Stat for grain production
It took til 1940 for grain production to return to pre ww1 levels
Stat for livestock
Livestock fell from 70.5mil 1928 to 57 mil in 1937.
Stat of ppl leaving countryside
By 1930s, 17 mil ppl left to towns where workers sold cheap grain by govt
