Krushchev - Society Flashcards
Improvements in living conditions
-bachelors tax, childless couples tax removed
-pension arrangements improved, peasants eligible
-40 hour working week, wage equalisation campaign
-better and more widely available education
Ownership of cars
(per 1000 people)
-2 (1955)
-5 (1966)
Increase in contact with foreign places
-cultural and sports tours arranged, bolshoi/kirov ballet, dynamo moscow, moscow state circus
-established intourist which allowed foreigners to visit the ussr and witness soviet achievements firsthand
-festival of youth moscow 1957, 34k from 131 countries
Increased freedom in elitist culture
-dudinstev wrote ‘not by bread alone’ 1956
-solzhenitsyn released from labour camp, published ‘one day in the life of ivan denisovich’ 1962
-western books by greene, hemmingway, cronin allowed
Decreased freedom in elitist culture
-krushchev disliked modern culture, visited and criticised moscow art gallery in 1962
-pasternak not allowed to publish dr zhivago 1955
-smuggled out, published in italy 1957
-expelled from union of soviet writers, criticised in pravda
The churches
-atheism brought into school curriculum, parents not allowed to teach religion
-children banned from church 1961
-orthodox churches 22k in 1959 to under 8k by 1965
-pilgrimages banned, regulations on services/bells
Ethnic minorities
-party doctrine of 22nd party congress 1962 stated aim of ethnic distinctions to go, common language for ussr
-strongly against jewish schools, didnt allow jewish migration to israel but denied being an anti-semite
Radio ownership per 1000 people
-66 (1955)
-171 (1966)
Fridge ownership per 1000 people
-4 (1955)
-40 (1966)
Washing machine ownership per 1000 people
-1 (1955)
-77 (1966)
Sewing machine ownership per 1000 people
-31 (1955)
-151 (1966)
tv ownership per 1000 people
-4 (1955)
-82 (1966)
