ECONOMIC DEV UNDER STALIN 1928-41 'THE GREAT TURN' 1

Question 1

WHY ECONOMIC DEV

Answer 1

needed to est his credidentials as the ture usccesor of lenin and wanted to consoldiate his power

Question 2

why abandon nep to make rapid industrialisation?

Answer 2

nep would lead to gradual industralsiaon which was based on consumer gods not soviet gov, capitalist groups prosper (nep men kulaks)
grain levels hadn’t reached 1913 levels and where beginning to decline towards end of 1928

Question 3

to bring about rapid industrialisation > necessary to squeeze the peasants

Answer 3

peasants needed to grow more which the state can use > export grain and sell to workers> profit can be made into investment to industrialise.

Question 4

1927 stalin began to encourage collectivism of ag
1928-9
1929

Answer 4

1927 voluntary collectivism
1928-9 Urals siberaian methods(grain rew esp from kulaks)
nov 1929- stalin enfore collectiivms

Question 5

why was collectivism used- socialism

Answer 5

share land equally, socialist form of ag,

Question 6

why was collectivism used
would contribute to building socialsim is one country

Answer 6

Soviet Union rely on its own and provide for the growing urban pop, no need for west, help removing capitalism

Question 7

why was collectivism used
collectivism would bring ag dev by inc to productivity

Answer 7

effieciney from larger blocks of land
introduction of modern machinery provided by state+ state control over groups

Question 8

why was collectivism used
state could achieve higher state procurements of grain for its benefits

Answer 8

state could pay very low prices quotas before exporting or selling in towns
Communist party precence in countryside could nullify resistance form peasants
collect produce easier

Question 9

why was collectivism used
urbanisation occured

Answer 9

leave villages as didn’t want to take part of collectives > go to seek work in towns
resisted=gulag
introduction of machinery technology, don’t need all the ag workers