KRUSHCEV ECONOMIC- INDUSTRIAL 5

Question 1

the 5th 5 year plan 1951-55

Answer 1

-designed to consolidate the achievements of the 4th plan and proceed to overtake industrial production of the USA
-most tragets were met and national income continued to grow
-stalin died 1953, malenkov began to influence economic planning

Question 2

embarked on new course policy: greater emphasis on and aim

Answer 2

consumer industries aim: to improve living standards, inc consumer goods availability and terror

Question 3

NEW COURCE POLICY: HOW TO ACHIEVE AIMS

Answer 3

-investment in heavy industry to be cut
-production of consumer goods inc
revitalise private business
motivate farmers back to ag

Question 4

however, malenvoks policies caused him to loose his position in head of gov

Answer 4

industrial growth began to slow down since 1953
improvement in living standards not fully achieved
emphasis on light industry was not popular in wider party so malenkov replaced by Bulganin as head go gov 1955

Question 5

Khrushchev refroms > decentralisation

Answer 5

USSR divided into 105 economic regions each with its own economic councils to plan nd supervise the local economy
however> overall targets still centraly planned through supreme economic council, still emphasis on quantity over quality

Question 6

industrial reorganisation

Answer 6

due to decentralisation of power the republic states of ussr were transferred more power in terms of indsutry decision making
1954-5=11k enterpises moved from central to republican control
1957> 105 regional economic councils set up to oversee indsutry
TOO BEUROCRATIC

Question 7

1959- 7th 5 year plan aim:

Answer 7

overtake US industrially by 1970, communism ready by 1980, greater focus on standards of living and consumer goods, continued focus on heavy indsutry
targets more realistic, expansion of chemical indsutry

Question 8

7th 5 year plan: continued progress of heavy industry

Answer 8

but also significant process in consumer industries fridges 1955-151
1965> 1675

Question 9

eval of 7 year plan: positive

Answer 9

chemical and consumer goods did inc by 1959-64, fertalzier production inc

Question 10

eval of 7 year plan: negative

Answer 10

will inc, still fell short on targets. soviet command economy more focued on production not consumption. 1962 krushev split party into 2: very unpopular

Question 11

Khrushchev housing scheme

Answer 11

housing factories est to develop materials for pre fabricated plots, this became known as krushchovoyka (attempt to improve living standards)

Question 12

krushcev man of the people

Answer 12

was noted for his first hand contact with the people both in towns and rural areas

Question 13

limitations of krushev sucesss

Answer 13

remained the same; targets still set despite decentralisation, little sensitivity to nation industry’s needs
1963/4 saw the slowest rates of economic groups in post war period