industrial and social developments in cities

Question 1

What did stalin want to turn the industrail base of the Soviet Union into?

Answer 1

a ‘command economy’

Question 2

When was the first FYP launched?

Answer 2

1928

Question 3

When was second FYP launched?

Answer 3

1933

Question 4

What structure was finished by 1932?

Answer 4

Dnieprostroi Dam

Question 5

When did the emphasis shift on armaments production?

Answer 5

1936

Question 6

What was doubled in 1940?

Answer 6

Armament spending

Question 7

What was the third FYP interrupted by?

Answer 7

German invasion

Question 8

What did Gosplan organise?

Answer 8

the process of transformation of the industry

Question 9

What was the main job of Gosplan?

Answer 9

to set output targets for every sector

Question 10

What could be said about the Gosplan targets?

Answer 10

overly-ambitious - no reliable statistics

Question 11

Who competed for regions to be given more resources?

Answer 11

Regional party bosses

Question 12

What was the aim of the first FYP?

Answer 12

Develop heavy industry,
boost electricity,
double light industry

Question 13

How did the first FYP succeed?

Answer 13

electricity production tripled,
coal and iron doubled,
steel production increased by a third

Question 14

how did the first FYP fail?

Answer 14

failed extremely ambitious targets,
consumer industry neglected

Question 15

What was the main aims of the second FYP?

Answer 15

Continue growth of heavy industry,
Boost light industry,
Develop communications and engineering

Question 16

What new metals were mined for the first time - 2nd FYP

Answer 16

Copper and tinW

Question 17

What happened to steel output in the 2nd FYP?

Answer 17

it trebled,

Question 18

What happened to coal production in the 2nd FYP?

Answer 18

Coal production doubled

Question 19

What was the USSR self-sufficient in by 1937?

Answer 19

metal goods and machine tools

Question 20

What 2nd FYP failed to meet it’s target?

Answer 20

Oil production failed to meet target

Question 21

What happened to the quality of goods under the 2nd FYP?

Answer 21

quantity over quality mindset - quality decrease

Question 22

What did the 3rd FYP introduce?

Answer 22

rapid rearmament and transition to communism,

Question 23

What was developed under the 3rd FYP?

Answer 23

defence industries - T-34 Tank

Question 24

What happened to rearmament spending between 1938-1940?

Answer 24

spending doubled

Question 25

What happened to other areas due to the shift in 3rd FYP focus?

Answer 25

some areas stagnated,
oil - fuel crisis

Question 26

What was a fundamental problem with the FYP?

Answer 26

any criticism seen as treasonous - no improvement

Question 27

What was the Dnieprostroi Dam?

Answer 27

a hydroelectric dam over deepest Ukraine river,
one of the largest in the world at that time

Question 28

How was Dnieprostroi Dam’s output increased 5x?

Answer 28

second year plan - 5 extra generators

Question 29

When was the Dnieprostroi dam constructed?

Answer 29

1927-2932

Question 30

When was the Moscow Metro constructed?

Answer 30

1932-1937

Question 31

What did the Moscow Metro aim to showcase?

Answer 31

the achievements of a socialist state - fit with chandeliers, marble walls and intricate mosaics.

Question 32

When was the Moscow-Volga canal constructed?

Answer 32

1932-1937

Question 33

How long was the Moscow-Volga canal?

Answer 33

128km

Question 34

how many people died building the Moscow-Volga Canal?

Answer 34

22,000 - out of 200,000 prisoners

Question 35

How many people lived in Magnitogorsk?

Answer 35

150,000

Question 36

Who build the Komsomolsk shipyard?

Answer 36

Komsomol - Communist Youth Organisation

Question 37

Who helped design the Moscow Metro?

Answer 37

British specialists from the London underground

Question 38

Who advised the USSR on its car industry, training soviet engineers?

Answer 38

Henry Ford - designed car-plant at Gorky

Question 39

How many American engineers were given the ‘Order of the Red Banner of Labour’, what for?

Answer 39

6 American engineers - for their work on Dnieprostroi dame

Question 40

Who were Stakkhanovites?

Answer 40

workers who exceeded their targets

Question 41

Who were Stakhanovites named after??

Answer 41

Aleksei Stakhanov - a coal miner who exceeded mining target by loooads,

Question 42

What did Stakhanovites gain from working harder?

Answer 42

material benefits - mostly propander

Question 43

When was Stakhanov heroic effort reported to be fake?

Answer 43

1988

Question 44

What could happen to Managers if they failed their targets?

Answer 44

put on trial, arrested or even executed

Question 45

What was prevalent in the economic system?

Answer 45

bribery and corruption

Question 46

When were labor books introduced/

Answer 46

1938 - recorded employment, skills and discipline

Question 47

What could result in dismissal, eviction or loos of benefits?

Answer 47

Abenteeism or lateness - became a crime in 1940

Question 48

What acts were illegal for a worker?

Answer 48

striking, damaging machinery, or leaving work without permission

Question 49

What was introduced in 1931 that benefitted those who worked harder?

Answer 49

wage differentials.

Question 50

What % of the workforcec was female by 1940?

Answer 50

43% - state provided school, nursuries and clinics allowed women to work

Question 51

However, what % of wages did women earn compared to men in 1940?

Answer 51

40%