Social developments in the city- 5 y plan

Question 1

Who was responsible for the output targets and drawing up economic plans?

Answer 1

Gosplan

Question 2

What meant Gosplan had difficulties drawing economic plans?

Answer 2

The gov made the overall decision
Regional Party Leaders competed for the first call on resources
A lack of reliable information on the cost of imports and exports

Question 3

Failure to achieve a target was a _______

Targets were overly ambitious

Answer 3

Failure to achieve a target was a criminal offence

Question 4

When was the 1st 5-year plan approved?

Answer 4

16th Party Congress in April 1929

Question 5

When was the 1st 5-year plan backdated?

Answer 5

October 1928

Question 6

When was the first 5-year plan?

Answer 6

1928-1932

Question 7

Compare the target in 1933 v actual production of Pig Iron in 1928

Answer 7

Target = 10 million tonnes
Actual = 3.3 million tonnes

Question 8

Compare the target in 1933 v actual production of oil in 1928

Answer 8

Target = 75 million tonnes
Actual = 35.4 million tonnes

Question 9

The context in Europe of the 1st 5-year plan?

Answer 9

The wall street crash

Question 10

What were the aims of the 1st 5-year plan? (4)

Answer 10

Increase production by 300%
focus on devolvement of iron steel oil and machinery
boost electricity production by 600%
double the output of light inductses

Question 11

Name the public response to the 1st 5 year plan

What did Stalin claim and why is this unlikely ?

Answer 11

Public were enthusiastic
Stalin claimed target been met in 4 years
unlikely as reporting overenthusiastic to show loyalty and effort

Question 12

What were the results of the1st 5 year Plan?

Answer 12

Electricity output trebbled
Coal and iron output doubled
steel production increased by a third

Question 13

When was the 2nd 5-year Plan?

Answer 13

2nd 5-year Plan 1933-1937

Question 14

Name the four aims of the 2nd 5-year Plan?

Answer 14

continue development of heavy industries
promote the growth of light industries
develop communication lines
foster engineering and tool-making

Question 15

Name the 3 good years of the 2nd 5-year Plan

Answer 15

1934-1936

Question 16

What resulted from the 2nd 5-year Plan?

Answer 16

Cu/Zn/Sn mined for the 1st time
1937 Soviet union virtually self-sufficient
GDP increased for 4% in 1933 to 17% by 1937

Question 17

The output of defence rose by how much from 1933-1938

Answer 17

The output of defence rose by 300% 1933-1938

Question 18

Compare the target in 1937 v actual production of steel in 1937

Answer 18

Target= 17 million tonnes

Actual =17.7

Question 19

Compare the target in 1937 v actual production of machine tools in 1937

Answer 19

Target= 40,000

Actual =45,500

Question 20

Compare the target in 1937 v actual production of oil in 1937

Answer 20

Target= 46.8 million tonnes

Actual =28.5

Question 21

When was the 3rd 5-year plan?

Answer 21

1938-1942

Question 22

Name the 3 aims of the 3rd 5-year plan?

Answer 22

place a renewed emphasis on the development of heavy industry
promote rapid treatment
complete the transition to communism

Question 23

From 1938-1940 spending on rearmament ______

Answer 23

From 1938-1940 spending on rearmament doubled