Five year plans Flashcards
Define Gosplan
This was the state planning committee established in 1921
What was Gosplan previously known as?
Veshenka
What was the purpose of Gosplan?
It set control figures to monitor production of each industry the figures would be the targets of the 5 year plans
when was the first five year plan?
October 1928 - December 1932
When was the second five year plan?
January 1933 - December 1937
When was the third five year plan?
January 1938 - June 1941
What were Stalin’s 3 priorities of the first five year plan?
- the creation of heavy industry
- needed more raw materials in order to develop
- Remarmament in the case of war
Give a success of the first five year plan in relation to increasing production
The first 5 year plan outperformed any previous economic system
Under the first five year plan how much did Russian economy grow per year?
by 14%
How did oil production improve under the first five year plan?
in 1913 production was 9.2 million tonnes per year. by 1933 it was 21.4 million tonnes
How did coal production improve under the first five year plan?
In 1913 coal production was at 29.1 Million tonnes per year and by 1932 it was at 64.3 million tonnes
Give 4 success of the first five year plan in relation to social mobility
urban population trebeled
education was reformed
workers attended classes
university was made more accessible
Give 2 failures of the first five year plan in relation to meeting targets
Many of the official targets were never met
When the targets were fulfilled the goods were of low quality and not used
What was the iron target and what was production level in 1932?
target: 8.0
produced: 6.2
what was the steel target and production level by 1932
Target: 8.0
Production: 5.9
Give three failures of the first five year plan in relation to living and working conditions
- stalin introduced a 7 day working week
- labour discipline was harsh
- many of the workers were prisoners who errr forced to work
Give 3 ways in which labour discipline was harsh
- Lateness was criminalised
- strikes were outlawed
- If a worker broke machinery they could be accused of being a saboteur
What was the vision for magnitogorsk
Planners wanted to build a steelworks and entire city from scratch in an uninhabited part of Russia that was rich in iron ore, workers would live in clean and modern accomodation
How many workers arrived to Magnitogorsk?
250,000
what was the reality for workers upon arriving at Magnitogorsk?
few houses were actually built so many lived in mud huts and wooden shacks
On average, after how long did workers leave Magnitogorsk to find other work?
82 days
Who was Alexei Stakhanov?
A miner from stalinist propaganda used to encourage workers to work harder to meet production targets
What was the story of Stakhanov?
He was a miner who propaganda said produced 14 times the output of a normal miner. he was rewarded with 200 roubles, a new apartment etc
What can we conclude from the Stakhanovite propaganda?
His story was merely a bait to encourage the Russian work force to work even harder to fulfill the five year plans
