Life In The Soviet Union Flashcards
Wokring conditions in otwns
Terrible Strict rules Fines for lateness Mostly peasants Failure balmed on saboteurs Secret police encouraged workers to snitch Poor ay Wages fell Crime increased Forced labour in gulags
Livig conditions in towns
Better -lesiure, sport and exercice, trade unions and collectives had clubs, sports and film shows - family benefits - free health service - holidays with paid insurance - easy employment for women No economic depression - unemployment Worse - hgh population - bad sewage syetm -not enough houses - overcrowded and run down areas
Living and working condiitons in the countryside
Better -greater mechanisation easier work -scintists heling - free housing - shools in some collectives Worse - difficult to move out -churched destroyed and closed down - food shortages - peasants resented collectivisation
What was life like for party members
Stalin encouraged peasants and proletariat to become members of the communist party and rise to prominent positions. Craeted a ladder, higher up the ladder the better your lving conditions - maybe evne a villa
What was life like for peasants
Collectivisation and purges got rid of kulaks
Conditions were bad
Agriculture produce was low
What was life liekfor town workers
Encouraged to move to higher position in industry
Promotions to managemnt
No unemployment
Increase in population poor living conditions
Higher eductaion allowed them to reach higher posts
Changing positions for women
1917 decree that men are equal to women
More creches and nurseries so women could owrk
Education increased for women
40% engineering students were women in 1940
Family life for women
Mid 1920s highest divorce rate
1927 - 2/3 marriages end in divorce
Divorces and abortion difficult to obtain mid 1930s
Propoganda used to keep families togtther
Employment for women
Encouraged to work in all areas
Expected to work and housewife
Encouraged to helpp in 5 yr plans
All wokrers children given free healthcare and primary education
Political positions for women
By 1928 ionly 12.8% were women
Few women rose to high positions
Zhenotdel published womens pages in the newspaper
1930s it was abolished and said taht womens problems were solved
Communist party remained male dominant
Persecution of ethenic groups
Lots of minorites, nationalities and languages, so russification reintroduced
Ukrane - targeted during famine, purged ukraine intelects, 5000 arrested/murdered. Wanted them gone
Korean - 1936, 172,000cmoved using theNKVD to uzbekhstan and kazakhstan
German and olish sent to kiev border district
Border country families deported
7 ethnic groups deported
1.25 million people moved and many died udring transportaion
