Life In The Soviet Union Flashcards

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Wokring conditions in otwns

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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
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Livig conditions in towns

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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
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Living and working condiitons in the countryside

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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
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What was life like for party members

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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

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5
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What was life like for peasants

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Collectivisation and purges got rid of kulaks
Conditions were bad
Agriculture produce was low

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What was life liekfor town workers

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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

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7
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Changing positions for women

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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

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Family life for women

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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

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Employment for women

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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

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10
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Political positions for women

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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

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Persecution of ethenic groups

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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

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