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Economy and Society Flashcards

1
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Who was Alexander II’s finance minister?

A

Mikhail von Reutern

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2
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Who was Alexander III’s finance minister?

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Ivan Vyshnegradsky

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3
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Who was Nicholas II’s finance minister?

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Sergei Witte

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4
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What group of well off peasants emerged from the emancipation ukase?

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kulaks

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5
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What proportion of Russia’s peasants were engaged in subsistence farming following emancipation?

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50%

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6
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What did Alexander II’s government do to try and encourage the growth of railways?

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Subsidies for businesses

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7
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What proportion of government income came from indirect taxation under Alexander II?

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66%

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8
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How far did the number of primary schools grow by under Alexander II?

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From 8,000 to 23,000

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9
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Alexander II took control of education away from the church and gave it to ?

A

the zemstva

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10
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How many died in the 1891-92 famine?

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350,000

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11
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Ivan Vyshnegrasky said, “we shall not eat, …..?”

A

“but we shall export”

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12
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What caused the famine of 1891-92?

A

Grain requisitioning for grain to export

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13
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What did Vyshnegradsky’s Tariff Act do?

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Increased tariffs on foreign goods to stimulate internal Russian market

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14
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The number of workers in Russia expanded how far under Sergei Witte?

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1.3 million to 2.6 million

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15
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How many people died in a cholera outbreak in St Petersburg in 1908?

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30,000

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16
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When did Russia’s industrial revolution happen?

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1890s in reign of Nicholas II, under finance minister Witte

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17
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Which countries did Witte get loans from to help industrial investment?

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Britain, France, USA, Germany

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18
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Why did Witte put Russia on the Gold Standard in 1897?

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Sign of economic stability and would increase confidence of foreign powers to invest in Russia.

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19
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Where was Russia in the league of industrialised nations by 1897?

A

4th

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20
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Which minister was responsible for the ending of redemption payments in 1907?

A

Stolypin

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21
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What type of farming did Stolypin encourage migrating peasants to start in Siberia?

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Dairy farming

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22
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How many peasants migrated to Siberia in the period 1906-15?

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3.5 million

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23
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What did many Tsars establish to encourage the expansion of the kulaks?

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Peasant Land Bank

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24
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What was the literacy rate in Russia by 1914?

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40% of the population

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25
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What was the maximum working day in 1897?

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11 and a half hours

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26
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What did many peasants do following the February Revolution that caused the “Land Question” for the Provisional Government?

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Illegally seize land

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27
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How many land seizures were there in July 1917?

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237

28
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How many factories were closed / jobs lost by July 1917 under the Provisional Government?

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Over 500 factories / 100,000 jobs

29
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What reforms did Lenin introduce in the aftermath of the October Revolution?

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  • abolition of titles
  • equality for women
  • legalised peasant land seizures
  • Maximum 8 hour working day
30
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What economic policy did Lenin introduce to help win the civil war?

A

War Communism

31
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What were the key features of War Communism?

A
  • ban on private trade
  • decline in use of money
  • grain requisitioning
  • nationalisation of entire economy
32
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What caused the 1921 famine?

A
  • Grain requisitioning of War Communism
  • Peasant rebellion - stopped producing grain
33
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Which famine was so bad in Russia that cannibalism was reported?

A

1921 War Communism famine

34
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How many people died in the 1921 famine?

A

5 million

35
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What policy did Lenin introduce as a result of the failings of War Communism?

A

New Economic Policy (NEP)

36
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What were the key features of the NEP?

A
  • peasants only gave fixed proportion of their grain to state
  • industry nationalised
  • private trade allowed
37
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What term did Trotsky use to describe the problem of inflation caused by the NEP?

A

Scissors crisis

38
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How far did Russian industrial output grow by under the NEP?

A

200%

39
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Who were the NEPmen?

A

Private traders who operated during the NEP

40
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What was Stalin’s agricultural policy called?

A

Collectivisation

41
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What was the most common type of collective farm called?

A

Kolkhoz

42
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What year did Stalin make collectivisation compulsory?

A

1929

43
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Which nation suffered a “punishment famine” under Stalin’s collectivisation policy?

A

Ukraine

44
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Which “ideological enemy” was targeted by Stalin during the collectivisation policy?

A

Kulaks

45
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How many kulaks were murdered by Stalin’s regime?

A

3 million

46
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What % of land had been collectivised by 1939?

A

99%

47
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How many peasants moved into the cities during the policy of collectivisation under Stalin?

A

17 million

48
Q

What economic planning body did Stalin create to set targets for his Five Year Plans?

A

Gosplan

49
Q

What types of industry were prioritised by Stalin in the first Five Year Plan?

A

Heavy industry - coal, oil, iron, steel

50
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Production of which product outperformed targets in Stalin’s first Five Year Plan?

A

Oil

51
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What were the weaknesses of Stalin’s Five Year Plans?

A
  • Target-mania - targets set too high
  • Terror - led to factories managers to falsify production data
  • Bottlenecks in production - shortages of raw materials
52
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Production of what type of goods was ignored by all of Stalin’s Five Year Plans?

A

Consumer goods

53
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Which of Stalin’s Five Year Plans focused on armament production?

A

Third - build up to WW2

54
Q

What was Magnitogorsk?

A

An example of a gargantuan project of Stalin’s Five Year Plans

55
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What did factory managers fear being accused of during Stalin’s Five Year Plans?

A

Being an saboteur

56
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What length was the working day extended to under Stalin’s Five Year Plans?

A

12 hours

57
Q

What was the name of the coal miner used as a propaganda tool during Stalin’s Five Year Plans?

A

Alexei Stakhanov

58
Q

What was the name of Khrushchev’s agricultural policy?

A

Virgin Land Campaign

59
Q

What nickname did Khrushchev receive?

A

Mr Corn

60
Q

Identify a region associated with the VLC

A

Kazakhstan

61
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What year did the VLC begin?

A

1954

62
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How many motorised tractors did the campaign deliver initially?

A

120,000

63
Q

Why did established farmers not want to move to the Virgin Lands?

A

Poor living conditions and infrastructure

64
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By 1959 how many hectares of land only had 1 tractor?

A

200 hectares

65
Q

What year was their a poor harvest?

A

1963

66
Q

Production of what product in the 6th Five Year Plan helped develop more consumer goods?

A

Plastics

67
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By how much did the housing stock grow by under Khrushchev?

A

Doubled

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