Fourth Five-Year Plan, 1945-50

Question 1

1. What % of investment during the Fourth Five-Year plan went into heavy industry?
2. What % did industrial output increase by between 1945 and 50?
3. What was coal output in 1945 compared to 1950?
   - same question electricity?

Answer 1

1. 90%.
2. 80%.
3. 1950: 140mt more than 1945.
   - 1950: 50mt more than 1945.

Question 2

1. What emerged in 1946 that led to the expansion of the Soviet military?
2. What fraction of the govt’s budget was total military expenditure in 1952?

Answer 2

1. Cold War.

2. 1/4.

Question 3

1. What % of investment went into food production and consumer goods?
2. Reconstruction focused on ________ rather than _____.
   - What else was given priority over more remote towns?
3. What were the 2 benefits of keeping wages low?
4. What was the Soviet economy between 1945 and 50?

Answer 3

1. 12%.
2. Factories rather than homes.
   - Historic cities.
3. More money available for reconstruction.
   Women forced to go out to work.
4. Fastest growing economy in the world.