Ind Development Under Stalin 1945-53 Recap Flashcards
What happened to USSR Ind under Stalin 1945-53
-faced huge econ strains after WW2 which destroyed 70% of Ind capacity + reduced workforce
What expenses did the USSR have regarding Ind following the war
-econ been revived but faced huge defence budget as it policed new ‘satellite states’
-met costs of emerging Cold War
What WW2 policies did Stalin stop
-Lend-lease ended
-1947 Stalin refused allow territories under Soviet influence to receive US Marshall aid which was financial aid offered by US to assist European econ recovery from 1947
What did Stalin est instead
-cominform to counter western propaganda
-Comecon to link Eastern European countries that formed the Soviet bloc economically
What was cominform
-communist info bureau est 1947
-to disseminate propaganda + est Soviet control over all communist parties
What was Comecon
-council for mutual econ assistance est 1949 to coordinate econ growth of countries inside the Soviet bloc
What were the satellite states
-communist governments in occupied Eastern European countries Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania + Bulgaria
-these became Soviet satellite states
What did the satellite states do
-politically, economically + militarily reliant on USSR
-helped create tensions between communist east (Soviet bloc) + capitalist west headed by US leading to Cold War period
What did the redistribution of Ind do
-provide a broad base for Ind recovery since expanded eastern Ind areas permitted exploitation of new raw materials + energy
What was coordinated to meet the Soviet needs
-Gosplan coordinated two new 5YPs following n same target methods before war
What were the aims of the 4th 5YP
-catch up with US
-rebuild heavy Ind + transport
-revive Ukraine where 1/3 all expenditure was allocated
How were these aims to be achieved
-use of extensive reparations from east gr
-maintenance war time controls on lab force - long hours, low wages, high targets, female lab ‘grand projects’ like canals + HEP plants
