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1
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What was ‘State capitalism’?

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Transitional stage between old bourgeois economy and new proletarian one

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What were the key measures of Lenin’s initial economic policy?

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Land Decree October 1917; Decree on Workers’ Control November 1917; People’s Bank of the Russian Republic

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Land Decree October 1917

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Abolished private ownership of land which was now to be in the hands of ‘the people’

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Decree on Workers’ Control November 1917

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Placed control of factories into hands of industrial workers

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People’s Bank of the Russian Republic

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All private banks were nationalised and, along with the State bank, amalgamated into the People’s Bank of the Russian Republic

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Why was the Vesenkha set up?

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Workers’ councils voted for pay rises; managers with technical and industrial expertise were removed as revenge

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Vesenkha

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Supreme Council of the National Economy

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When was the nationalisation of all industries with 10 or more workers?

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June 1918

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9
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What were the key features of War Communism?

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Nationalisation; Supreme Council of National Economy; reintroduction of hierarchical structures in industry; military-style discipline; private trading banned; bartering; forcible requisitioning of food; rationing

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10
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Which industries were exempt from nationalisation under War Communism?

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Less than 10 workers

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11
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What did management replace under War Communism to instil discipline into the workers?

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Workers’ Councils

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12
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What were the unemployed forced to join under War Communism?

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‘Labour Armies’

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13
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Under War Communism, what was the death penalty introduced for?

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All workers who went on strike

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14
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What type of work was done in the Labour Armies?

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Road building; woodland clearance

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15
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Under War Communism, what developed because the state could not satisfy demand?

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A large black market in goods

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16
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How did many workers receive wages under War Communism?

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In goods rather than money

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17
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How many Bolshevik volunteers were used to seize grain under War Communism?

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150,000

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18
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Why was rationing introduced under War Communism?

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To ensure that despite food shortages, workers in the cities were fed

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19
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What did War Communism do to the economy?

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Ensured that Red Army got resources it needed to fight and win civil war but left economy in state of collapse

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20
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What had happened to industry by the end of the war?

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Ground to a virtual standstill- production of heavy industry had fallen to 20% of its 1913 level

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21
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What happened with food production by the end of the war?

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Fallen to 48% of the 1913 figure

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22
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Which key features of war communism were especially disliked by the Russian population?

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Rationing; use of managers and return to hierarchical systems within factories

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23
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Why was the system of rationing disliked?

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Size of rations dependent on social classification a person was given

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24
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Which aspects of War Communism were most resented in the countryside?

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Forcible requisitioning of food; plans to get rid of the Mir

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Mir

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Organisation made up of village elders that controlled the peasants and their agricultural work

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26
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Why did the Bolsheviks want to get rid of the Mir?

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Obstacle to their own control over the countryside and their aim of introducing collective farms

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27
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When did War Communism peasant resentment against the government come to a head?

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Series of uprisings in 1920-21, in the important grain areas of the Volga basin, North Caucasus and Western Siberia

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28
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Tambov Rising

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Most serious of the peasant uprisings in central Russia-

peasants reacted violently to requisitioning teams arriving to seize grain

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29
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What did it take to put down the Tambov Rising?

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50,000 Red Army troops

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30
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Kronstadt Mutiny

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Mutiny of sailors stationed at the Kronstadt naval base against the imposition of orders on the local soviet by the Bolshevik government

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31
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What was the key cause of the Kronstadt Mutiny?

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Increase in power of the Party and its officials at the expense of the workers

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32
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What were the key features of NEP in industry?

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Returned small-scale industry to private hands; state-owned factories used piecework/bonuses to raise production; reintroduction of currency for paying wages; legalisation of private trading; ‘Nepmen’

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33
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What did the NEP allow the government to keep control of in industry?

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Heavy industry, transport and the banks

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34
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Why did the legalisation of private trading occur?

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Logical way of stopping a growing black market

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35
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Why was the NEP viewed by some as a retreat back to capitalism?

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Accepted private industry and private trade

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36
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What were the three main aims of the NEP?

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Retain power; revive the economy; build socialism

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37
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What was the success of the NEP?

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Industrial output rose rapidly during the first 3 years

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38
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Why did industrial output rise so rapidly at the beginning of the NEP?

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Repair of roads/bridges damaged during the civil war; existing factories put back into production; better harvests in 1922-23; enterprising Nepmen

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39
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What were the less desirable aspects of the NEP?

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Corruption through a black market; widespread prostitution; ‘scissors crisis’; gangs of children stealing and selling goods

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40
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What was the ‘Scissors crisis’?

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Imbalance between agricultural and industrial goods: as food prices fell, the price of industrial goods rose- low prices for grain discouraged the peasants from growing food for the market

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41
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How was the scissors crisis resolved?

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State intervention- government stepped in to regulate prices in December 1923

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42
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What was industrial production by 1924?

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45% of its 1913 figure

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43
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What had happened to the economy by 1926?

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Much of the pre-war economy had been restored

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44
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What was the key to further economic growth after 1926?

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Increasing food production in order to support more industrial workers and gain foreign exchange for new technology and machinery

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45
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Who called for the continuation of the NEP?

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Bukharin; Stalin

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46
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What did Trotsky and those on the left of the Bolshevik Party call for?

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Greater state control over the economy in order to increase the pace of growth

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47
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What had happened to world trade since the Communist takeover in 1917?

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Severely reduced

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48
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What were the Five-Year plans designed to do?

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Break away from the NEP with its capitalist elements; bring about rapid industrialisation to modernise the economy and move towards socialism

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49
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When was the 1FYP?

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1928-1932

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50
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What was the 1FYP?

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Concentrated on rapid growth in heavy industry; consumer industries were neglected

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What was the original justification for the focus of the 1FYP?

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The need to build up an industrial infrastructure before other sectors could flourish

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52
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How much of the workforce was skilled in Moscow in 1933?

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17%

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53
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When was the 2FYP?

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1933-1937

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54
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What was the 2FYP?

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Initially set higher targets for production of consumer goods, but rise of Hitler redirected focus onto the needs of defence

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55
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When was the 3FYP?

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1938-1941

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56
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What was the 3FYP?

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Geared even more directly towards arms production to meet the threat of Germany

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57
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Who was the approach taken in the 1FYP recommended by?

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‘Superindustrialisers’

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58
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What did Superindustrialisers believe?

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Agricultural surpluses should be seized by state in order to invest in industry; heavy industry was the priority

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59
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When was the period of the greatest expansion of the Gulags?

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1929-1953- 18 million prisoners, out of a population of 180 million, passed through the system

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60
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How much did coal production increase by under the FYPs?

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From 35.4m tons in 1927 to 165.9m tons in 1945

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61
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Why was labour productivity so low in the USSR?

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Low pay; long hours; lack of incentives in the system (especially in the 1FYP)

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62
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How much of government spending was allocated to rearmament by 1940?

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1/3

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63
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What were the production problems with the FYPs?

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Production quality was low; FYPs didn’t specify what materials should be used; little coordination between factories; FYPs themselves disorganised and undermined by Stalin’s other policies; effectiveness of FYPs undermined by unrealistic targets set by Gosplan

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64
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Why did Stalin change his mind about the NEP?

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It was failing

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65
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What was the direct event that caused Stalin to end the NEP?

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Kulak grain strike/grain procurement crisis

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66
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What was the state of the economy that the Bolsheviks took over in October 1917?

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Chaotic

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67
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What was clear about the Soviet economy by 1985?

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It was stagnating as growth came to a halt

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68
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How did the peasantry feel about the Land Decree October 1917?

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Finally given control over the land they farmed and worked

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69
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When was the People’s Bank of the Russian Republic created?

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27 December 1917

70
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What did the early stages of Soviet economic policy up to the summer of 1918 show?

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Stresses of an economic policy that was trying to ensure economic growth; obvious tension between worker self-management and government control through central planning

71
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Why was War Communism introduced?

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To ensure that the Red Army was supplied with enough food and resources to win

72
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What actually caused the collapse of the Russian currency and its replacement by bartering post-WW1?

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Raging inflation

73
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What was the ideological basis for War Communism?

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Measures aligned with the long-term aim of the Bolsheviks to abolish private enterprise; could be seen as the application of communist ideology

74
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What can War Communism also be seen as?

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Response to problems that resulted from the rush of early Bolshevik decrees

75
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What did the War Communism forcible requisitioning of food lead to?

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Rise in tension in the countryside; serious outbreaks of violence; malnutrition and starvation

76
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Who received preferential treatment in the forcible requisitioning of food under War Communism?

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Industrial workers whose work was crucial to the war effort

77
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What was industrial production like by 1921?

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1/5 of the figure for 1913

78
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What effect did the Kronstadt Mutiny have on the government?

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Shock to Bolshevik leadership; key factor in Lenin’s decision to change his economic policy

79
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Why was the Kronstadt Mutiny such as shock to the Bolsheviks?

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It was a group that had previously been a mainstay of the Revolution

80
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When was the NEP introduced?

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1921

81
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Why did the government compromise with the peasantry for the NEP?

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Without increased food production, the economy would never be able to revive

82
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When was a currency reintroduced for paying wages?

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1921

83
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What was the reintroduction of a currency for paying wages seen by many communists as?

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Re-emergence of capitalism

84
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Who was particularly hostile towards the NEP?

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Left-wing Bolsheviks

85
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What did Lenin and his supporters see the NEP as?

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Short-term remedy

86
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Why did Stalin argue that the NEP needed to go?

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Compromise with the peasantry was holding back the industrialisation of the Soviet Union

87
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When did Stalin make the decision to introduce a command economy?

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1928

88
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What is the period of 1928-41 referred to as?

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‘Stalin’s Revolution’

89
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What was industrialisation an important part of?

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Stalin’s cry of ‘Socialism in one country’

90
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When was the decision to abandon the NEP and push for rapid industrialisation made?

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After the Fifteenth Party Congress in 1927

91
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Who was industrialisation placed under the direction of?

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Gosplan

92
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When had there been show trials against bourgeois experts?

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1928

93
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What was industrial expansion under the 1FYP largely the result of?

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Making more efficient use of existing factories and equipment

94
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Under the 1FYP, which large industrial centres were built from scratch?

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Magnitogorsk; Gorki

95
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What was the most notorious example of the use of labour camp prisoners?

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White Sea Canal project

96
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Why was the White Sea Canal project a waste of time?

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To reduce costs and speed up construction, depth was reduced, rendering the canal useless for all but small barges

97
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Who was put under immense pressure to achieve targets as well as workers?

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Factory managers

98
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What is an example of quality being sacrificed under the 1FYP?

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Stalingrad tractor factory- was supposed to be producing 500 a month in 1930 but only managed 8 in June

99
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How long did it take most of the tractors produced in the Stalingrad tractor factory to break down in June 1930?

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3 days

100
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What did the 2FYP make more use of after lessons learned from the chaotic planning of the 1FYP?

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Technical expertise

101
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What in particular rose substantially during the 2FYP?

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Coal production

102
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How did other industries fare under the 2FYP?

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Chemical industry also made progress; oil industry remained disappointing

103
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Where was much of the new industry located under the 2YFP and 3FYP?

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Remoter areas of the USSR, such as Kazakhstan

104
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Where was new industry deliberately located under the 2YFP and 3FYP?

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East of the Ural Mountains

105
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What was there definitely rapid growth in under the first 3 FYPs?

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Engineering industry; transportation

106
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What was the overall growth rate of 1928-41?

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17%

107
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What was one of the most important examples of the successful completion of projects to provide power for the growth in industry?

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Dneiper dam project

108
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Which industry actually declined under the 1FYP?

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Textile industry

109
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Why was the shortage of consumer goods under the first 3 FYPs made worse?

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Collectivisation of agriculture had destroyed a lot of cottage industry previously undertaken in rural areas

110
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What was the problem with progress made under the first 3 FYPs?

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Unbalanced- 4-fold increase in steel production and 6-fold increase in coal production

111
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Under which plan were there some advances in consumer goods?

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2FYP

112
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Which areas of consumer goods made significant increases under the first 3 FYPs?

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Footwear production; food processing

113
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What have often been highlighted as factors that limited the achievements of Stalin’s economic policy?

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Chaotic implementation and planning

114
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What seemed to prove that Stalin’s aim of transforming the country into a modern industrial society under the first 3 FYPs had been achieved?

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Soviet Union defended itself against an attack by Nazi Germany between 1941-45

115
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When was the 4FYP?

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1946-50

116
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What was the 4FYP?

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Economic reconstruction- rigid state control reinforced over the war-shattered economy; focus on heavy industry, with production of armaments receiving particular attention

117
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What were the results of the 4FYP like?

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Impressive- especially the metal industry and heavy engineering; Plan was overfulfilled

118
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What helped industrial production to recover quickly under the 4FYP?

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Use of 2 million slave labourers from the Gulag

119
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What was an important factor in the 4FYP achieving such quick results?

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Strong central planning by the government

120
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What were some of the failures of the 4FYP?

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Problems persisted; consumer industries remained neglected; economy had returned to the priorities of the 1930s

121
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What were some features of the 4FYP?

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Redirection of wartime labour for the purpose of reconstruction; retraining programmes; harsh penalties for slackers

122
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When was the 5FYP?

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1951-55

123
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What was the 5FYP?

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Set out to achieve continued growth, albeit at a slower and perhaps more realistic rate; emergence of the Cold War resulted in an increase in arms expenditure

124
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What was one of the most iconic projects of the 5FYP?

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Volga-Don Canal- carried very little traffic and was adorned with statues of Stalin

125
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When did the living standards in the towns post-war recover?

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1948

126
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When was the 6FYP?

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1956-60

127
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What was the 6FYP?

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Virgin Lands Scheme

128
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When were the Seven-Year Plans?

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1959-65

129
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What did the Seven Year Plans focus on?

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Promotion of light industry; shift of emphasis from coal to oil and gas due to the discovery of new mineral resources, especially in the Volga-Urals fields

130
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Why did Khrushchev focus on improving social stability?

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Due to the reduction of terror

131
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Why did Khrushchev want to focus on light industry?

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Broaden base of Soviet economy; start to bring real benefits to the lives of the Soviet population

132
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What challenges did Khrushchev’s economic policy face?

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Vast bureaucratic system of administrators based in Moscow and use of terror stifled initiative; system was clumsy and wasteful

133
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What did Khrushchev set up in 1957?

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105 Regional Economic Councils (Sovnarkhozy) to supervise enterprises

134
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How did Khrushchev alter the harsh labour laws of Stalin?

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Working week reduced from 48 hours to 41 by 1960

135
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What did Khrushchev put greater emphasis on in order to support industrial developments?

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Vocational education

136
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Why was there a focus on chemical industry as part of the Seven-Year Plan?

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Linked to the increased targets for consumer goods

137
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Under the Seven-Year Plan, how much of available investment did areas east of the Urals receive?

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40%

138
Q

When did Yuri Gagarin make it to space?

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1961

139
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How were consumer goods affected by the 2FYP?

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More choice for consumers but the quality was often poor

140
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What was the annual growth rate of the Soviet economy in the 1950s?

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7.1%

141
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Why did the Sovnarkhozy experiment make national planning more difficult?

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Requirements of local enterprises were harder to foresee

142
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When had economic growth slowed by?

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1964

143
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When was the 9FYP?

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1971-75

144
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What was the 9FYP?

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Placed a particular emphasis on consumer goods- rate of growth in the production of consumer goods was higher than that of heavy industry

145
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How effective was the 9FYP?

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Goals were not fulfilled but the growth achieved was still impressive and living standards rose

146
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What did the Bolsheviks believe as communists about the economy?

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It should be in the hands of the workers and peasants themselves

147
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Why was the economy devastated at the time that the Bolsheviks took over?

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WW1; chaos unleashed by Revolution

148
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When did the government attempt to rejuvenate the economy early on in the regime?

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1917-28

149
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Why, politically, was state capitalism introduced?

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Bolsheviks couldn’t retain control if the workers and peasants were acting on their own initiative

150
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When was the role of government in the economy greatly increased for the first time?

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Civil war

151
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What was the collapse of Russian currency and its replacement with bartering seen as by some?

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Sign of liberation from capitalism

152
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When was Vesenkha set up?

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1917

153
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Why did the government replace War Communism with the NEP?

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Reality of the social and economic situation; worrying deterioration of political position of the Bolsheviks

154
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When did the Bolsheviks draw up plans to get rid of the Mir?

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Under War Communism

155
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What led to a widespread famine under War Communism?

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Breakdown in the transport and distribution systems

156
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How many people died from famine and disease in the 1920s?

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20 million

157
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What did the severity of the Tambov Rising do to the government?

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Put pressure on it to change its policy

158
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What did the introduction of the NEP coincide with?

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Arrest of many Mensheviks; outlawing of all other political parties

159
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What did the NEP result in?

A

Mixed economy whereby private ownership coexisted alongside state control

160
Q

When did a series of events occur that raised the spectre of a foreign invasion of the USSR?

A

1927

161
Q

What was the political dimension to the decision to extend state control over the economy with the FYPs?

A

Greater state control would remove Nepmen and kulaks; gave Stalin an opportunity to consolidate his hold over the Party leadership

162
Q

When did Moscow’s first train lines open?

A

1935

163
Q

When did a drop in food production cause Stalin to change his mind about the NEP?

A

1927-28

164
Q

What was a success of the FYPs between 1939-41?

A

9 aircraft factories

165
Q

What were the reasons for economic decline by the 1980s?

A

Legacy of Stalinist system; problems inherent in command economy; ‘social contract’; lack of investment; outdated technology; dominance of military-industrial complex

166
Q

Which companies did the Soviet government sign deals with in an attempt to address their outdated technology?

A

Fiat and Renault

167
Q

How much of Soviet resources did the military-industrial complex soak up?

A

18%

168
Q

When were major industrial complexes joined with scientific research institutions in an attempt to ensure that the latest technology was applied to production?

A

1973

169
Q

How many Soviet families had televisions by 1980?

A

85%

170
Q

What was invested heavily in under the 9FYP?

A

Public transport

171
Q

Why was it impressive that Brezhnev had ensured that resources would continue to be given to consumer industries and agriculture under the 9FYP?

A

Influence of the military-industrial complex

172
Q

What was the focus of Andropov’s economic policy?

A

Removal of corruption from within the system; improving labour discipline

USSR Complete (14 decks)

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