Rule of Stalin - Industrialisation Flashcards
Stalin's policies, legislations and information on Rapid Industrialisation
What was meant by Central Planning
All economic planning to be done by the government
What was Gosplan
‘To set targets’
Took government planning council
What was Vesenkha
The Supreme Economic Council
What is the term for building on a large scale
Gigantomania
Who was Sergei Ordzonhokidze
He led the people’s commissariats
What were the four main raw materials that industrialisation focused upon.
Timber
Coal
Iron
Oil
Name at least four major industrialisation projects
Magnitogorsk
Volga Canal
Tueksio Railway
Moscow Metro
Dnie Prostroi Dam
What were the dates of the three five year plans.
- 1929-33
- 1933-37
- 1937/38-41
What inspired the need for industrialisation
Modernisation
Catching up to the west
WWII scares
The Russo-polish scare
The consolidation of power
What was the ‘great turn left’
The turn away from NEP to collectivisation and the adaptation of rapid industrialisation
Who was Alexi Stakhanov and why was he significant?
He was viewed as the ideal soviet man and soon came to inspire the ‘stakhanovite’ movement and created pressure within works to conform
What were the aims of the 1st Five Year plan
To Increase the population by 300%
To focus on the development of Coal, Iron, Steel, Oil and Machinery
To boost electric production by 600%
To double the output from the light industry
Others i.e. Chemicals
The aims of the 2nd Five Year Plan
To Continue the development of heavy industry
To promote the growth of light industries i.e., \
Chemicals, electricals and CONSUMER GOODS
To develop communications and provide Links between cities and other industrial areas
Faster engineering and tool making
The aims of the 3rd Five Year Plan
To promote heavy rearmament
To focus on National Defence but was cut short due to WWII in 1941
Strong growth in Machinery and Engineering
What was the operation by the Nazis that put an abrupt end do the third Five Year plan
Operation Barbarossa
