Post World War 2 Construction

Question 1

How many citizens died at the result of war?

Answer 1

27 million.

Question 2

How many villages were destroyed as a result of ww2?

Answer 2

70,000

Question 3

How many Cities, settlements and towns were destroyed as a result of ww2?

Answer 3

1,700

Question 4

How many factories were destroyed as a result of ww2?

Answer 4

2,000

Question 5

How much of the USSR’s wealth had been destroyed?

Answer 5

1/3

Question 6

What were the focuses of the first post war five year plans?

Answer 6

• rebuild heavily damaged areas of the Soviet Union.
• Restore/Exceed pre war agricultural and industrial levels.
• Emphasis placed on heavy industry and Military production.

Question 7

What did the 5yp achieve in its first 4 years?

Answer 7

6,000 factories with a focus on steel production and mechanical engineering.

Question 8

By what year was pre war industrial production met?

Answer 8

1948

Question 9

How were the USSR able to reconstruct so rapidly?

Answer 9

• workers forced to work harder.
• £3.4billion in war reparations from Germany.
• 10 million Gulag prisoners and 2.5 million POWs.
• Significant amount of machinery confiscated from defeated nations like Germany.

Question 10

How much higher than post war levels was industrial production by the end of the 5yp?

Answer 10

73%

Question 11

What percentage of the budget was used on heavy industry?

Answer 11

88%

Question 12

What was agricultural output in 1945?

Answer 12

60% of post war efforts.

Question 13

How many people died as a result of the failed harvest in 1946?

Answer 13

1.5 million