ECONOMIC DEV 1ST 5Y PLAN 2

Question 1

First 5 year plan based on

Answer 1

central planning/command economy. output targets set by politburo of communist party =command economy
gos plan set out targets for every factory/workshop in russia

Question 2

5 year plan> order

Answer 2

command economy cam from central gov(politburo)-not mixed
>priorities and output targets laid out by party
>instructions passed down through beurocratic system to managers
>failure to meet targets = criminal.
sucess= given bonus

Question 3

target mania

Answer 3

during 1st 5y plan was effective propaganda tool. workers/party members were swept along by vision of brighter/socialsit future> provided through propaganda

Question 4

new class enemies emerged

Answer 4

when plans announced, state met with resistance from bourgeois specialist>production of nep currently running industry

Question 5

shaknty trial 1928

Answer 5

managers/engeneers at coal mine arrested. accused of sabotage and branded ‘counter revolutionary enemies’ 5 shot rest imprisoned, however charges largely a fabrication of OGPU

Question 6

emergence of red specialist

Answer 6

boirgeious specialist replaced by proletieran mangers
doubters replaced by red specialist

Question 7

main priority of 5y plan- heavy industry

Answer 7

80% investment went into heavy indsutry> construction on coal mines/steel works. mean extreme extraction of natural recourses such as coal/iron/steel
-icrease production by 300%
double electricity 600% to catch up with west

Question 8

plan aided by foreign expertise

Answer 8

thousands of shiveld workers came from west were the great depression had showed weakness of capitalist system.
they were attracted to proletarian struggle to create socialist sosictey. And some entreupneurs signed contracts to develop industry in Soviet Union eg Henry ford use

Question 9

evaluate first 5y plan :(

Answer 9

didn’t meet overall target of inc 133% in industrial output

Question 10

evaluate first 5 y plan :)

Answer 10

was some impressive reuslt> overall output inc 118%. this happened just has Great Depression made west suffer. coal inc 84% oil 90% tractors x25 1932> however bias

Question 11

society became more proletarianised

Answer 11

proletarian society would be one in which majority are workers, work carried out for collective good, not individual profit.