Plan 1 Flashcards
In 1928 how much of agriculture dominated the economy?
80%
Where was industrial output?
Around the level it had been in 1913
How much did electricity output increase thanks to Stalin’s plans?
Almost ten-fold
How much did coal& steel production rise?
5X
How much increase in oul production?
3fold
How much did productivity increase in major industries?
Up by between 25-50% in major industries
What was a main success of the plans
Magnitogorsk large city built from scratch, 1932, 250,000 people lived there
Examples of transport infrastructure growing
Moscow Metro’s first trainline 1935
Moscow Volga Canal 1937
What shows that targets were too ambitious and what was sacrificed as a result?
Stalingrad tractor factory- meant to make 300 tractors a month 1930 but by June, only 8& broke down
How much of what was produced was wasted?
40%
What used gulag prisoners and what was the human cost?
White Sea Canal 1933- 180,000 prisoners worked and 10,000 died.
Mostly useless, not enough depth
How much investment in Stalin’s last years went into the light industry?
Less than 12%
What was the main issue with targets?
Overstated by managers due to fear
What was a main reason for low productivity?
Unskilled peasant workforce- sometimes whole enterprises ruined due to ignorance of elementary industrial procedures
What did the climate of fear and terror lead to?
Deceit, the doctoring of official returns and inflated output claims became normal practise
