Economic - Key Facts Flashcards
Number of Moscow Minsteries abolished in the Sixth Five Year Plan
60
Number of economic regions in the USSR
105
Percentage increase in industrial output under the Fifth Five Year Plan
84%
Percentage increase in the number of consumer goods in the Fifth Five Year Plan
60%
Name of the body that controlled the economy centrally
Supreme Economic Council
Name of the Russian airline
Aeroflot Corporation
Name of Russia’s first artifical satelite
Sputnik
Name of the fist dog in orbit
Laika
Name of the first man in space
Yuri Gagarin
Name of the first women in space
Valentina Tereshkova
Place where the Soviets were able to display their technology
Brussel World Fair
Economic growth in 1964
7.5%
Growth of consumer industries in 1964
2%
Person who theorised many of Khrushchev’s argicultural policies
Trofim Lysenko
Factional decrease in the number of collectivised farms
Halved
Key Agricultural Campaigns under Khrushchev
- Chemical Fertiliser
- Maize
- Cornflakes
- Private Cows
- Virgin Lands Scheme
Group that were encourage to take part in the Virgin Land Scheme
Komsomol
Amount of land cultivated under the Virgin Land Scheme
35.9 Million Hectares
Percentage of peasant income that private plots accounted for
50%
Percentage of produce sold in the USSR that was from private plots
30%
Percentage decrease in harvest from 1962 to 1963
9%
Place were people protested in 1962
Novocherkassak
Number of people killed in the 1962 riots
24
