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Economic & Social Chnages, 1924-41 Flashcards

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1
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When NEP failed what did Stalin turn to?

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Five Year Plans

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2
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What was collectivisation meant to do?

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Improve agricultural output, but led to starvation

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3
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What did Stalin want politically?

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More control of the countryside

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4
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How did the industrial workers feel?

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That peasants were benefiting from the revolution in a way that they weren’t.

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5
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What were Marxist principles?

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  • countries would be industrialised & factories made efficient and productive
  • move towards urbanisation
  • abolishment of private property
  • wealth redistributed to the poor
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6
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What were the problems with NEP?

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  • farmers could by land and employ people, form of capitalism which was unpopular with Politburo and Stalin
  • Stalin had to get rid of kulaks
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7
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When was peasant grain output falling?

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1927

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8
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Why did communists and workers not pay for their grain to encourage production?

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They did not want the peasants to be in control

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9
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What was the Urals-Siberian method?

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Stalin demanded grain seizures from peasants.

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10
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Who were kulaks?

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Anyone who refused to join a collective farm during 1929-30.

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11
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How many kulaks were killed in 1930-31?

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30,000

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12
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What were initial problems with collectivisation?

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  • richer and poorer peasants didn’t like governments interference
  • would destroy their crops so communists don’t receive
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13
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When was collectivisation paused?

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1930

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14
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What did Stalin do when collectivisation paused?

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Accused party officials for being too harsh when they were just following orders

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15
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How many people died due to starvation?

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  • 1 million by 1933

- 5.7 million during collectivisation years

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16
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What happened to Ukrainians?

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Brutally oppressed the ones who refused to join collective farms

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17
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What were the successes of collectivisation?

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  • Stalin was in control of the countryside, political success
  • grain sold abroad paid for 5YPs, economic success
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18
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What were the failures of collectivisation?

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  • no significant increase in yield
  • Russians agricultural technology didn’t improve
  • huge loss in life
  • unpopular policy
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19
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What was ‘Holodomor’?

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Starvation in Ukraine

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20
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What does Stalin mean?

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Man of steel

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21
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Why was there war scare in 1927?

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There was concerns about industry as Russia would need the industrial capacity to produce weapons in order to compete with capitalist West.

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22
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When did Gosplan start?

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1920

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23
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What was Gosplan?

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Committee responsible for delivering the 5YPs

24
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How many factories were built 1928-37 due to Gosplan?

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5,000

25
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What was a main success of 5YPs?

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First two were each completed within 4 years

26
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What did the first 5YPs focus on?

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Heavy industries

27
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What did the second 5YPs focus on?

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To use resources more efficiently, and to provide consumer goods

28
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What was the Stakhanovite movement?

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  • son of peasant in Ukraine
  • mined 102 tons of coal in 6 hours, 14x more than quota
  • national hero
29
Q

Successes of industrialisation

A
  • workers gained more power/influence in the communist system
  • production levels in industry increased 1928-39
  • electricity supply/machinery production were successes
30
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Failures of industrialisation

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  • harder to find places to live

- unrealistic goals

31
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How was housing in towns?

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Low quality and living standards were low.

32
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Where did people live in towns?

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Barracks/communal accommodation

33
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When did fruit and meat consumption go down 66%?

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1928-33

34
Q

What could lead to a worker losing their job?

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One day off work without a good reason

35
Q

When were internal passports introduced? What were they?

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1932, to stop the free movement of people around the country.

36
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What was the housing in countrysides?

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Basic, outside toilets and no running water

37
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Food in countrysides

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Rations, allowed Stalin to take excess food for cities

38
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How was productivity in countrysides?

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Very poor, in 1939 government allowed peasants to sell produce from garden plots for profit

39
Q

How did party officials live?

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Luxury, access to special shops for consumer goods. They became more important than workers.

40
Q

When was ‘Zhenotdel’ closed down? Why?

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1930, male leaders felt that it was no longer needed

41
Q

How many party members were women?

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13.5%

42
Q

Why was the state now a supporter of marriage?

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Stalin thought marriage breakdown caused abandoned children to roam the streets

43
Q

When was male homosexuality made illegal?

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1933

44
Q

What happened to those who wanted a divorce?

A

Fees, workers couldn’t pay them

45
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When was abortion made illegal?

A

1936

46
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Why was abortion made illegal?

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Boost population growth, attempt to create next generation of workers

47
Q

How many women were in work in 1928?

A

3 million

48
Q

How many women were in work in 1940?

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13+ million

49
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What % of industrial workers were women?

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38-42%

50
Q

When was the Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia announced?

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November 1917

51
Q

How much of the population was Russian?

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55%

52
Q

How many Soviet Socialist Republics were there?

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15

53
Q

What were minorities referred as?

A

Bourgeois

54
Q

When was the invasion of Poland?

A

1939

55
Q

How many Poles were sent to the gulag in Siberia?

A

1 million

56
Q

What were gulags?

A

Hard labour camps in Siberia. Freezing conditions and starvation led to many deaths

57
Q

What nationality was Stalin?

A

Georgian

GCSE History Russia (4 decks)

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