Industiral Development - 2nd Five Year Plan 1932-37

Question 1

What were the aims of the 2nd five year plan?

Answer 1

-continue development heavy Ind
-new emph on light Ind - chemical, electrical, consumer goods
-develop communications for links between cities + Ind
-boost engineering + tool making

Question 2

When did this plan see success?

Answer 2

-some successes
-mainly during the ‘3 good years’ 1934-36

Question 3

What is evidence of some successes of the plan?

Answer 3

-Moscow metro 1935
-Volga canal 1937
-Dnieprostoi dam = hydro-electric power 1932 extended with 4 more generators

Question 4

What was the impact of the Dnieprostoi dam?

Answer 4

-became the largest dam in Europe

Question 5

Which inds grew rapidly?

Answer 5

-chemical inds + electricity production
-new metals copper, zinc + tin mined for first time

Question 6

What happened to the production of metal goods under this plan?

Answer 6

-steel output trebbled
-coal production doubled

Question 7

What was the impact of this increase in metal goods productions?

Answer 7

-by 1937 societ union self-sufficient in metal goods + machine tools

Question 8

What happened in 1936 that slightly changed the plan?

Answer 8

-following war scares 1936 focus changed to greater emphasis on rearmament
-it rose from 4% of GDP 1933 to 17% by 1937

Question 9

What were the limitations to this plan?

Answer 9

-oil production failed meet its targets
-despite some expansion in footwear + food-processing still no acceptable increase in consumer goods

Question 10

What limitation continued?

Answer 10

-emphasis on quantity not quality
-this marred the first 5YP