Social developments in the city- People Flashcards
When was the Dnieprostroi Damn opened?
Oct 1932
What was significant about Dnieprostroi Damn?
one of the largest power plants in the world
largest in USSR
When was Moscow Metro opened?
How many stations does it have?
how long is the line?
1935
13 stations
11 km line
What was the first underground railway system in USSR and when?
Moscow Metro 1935
How many people died when working on the Moscow-Volga Canal?
c22,000
How many prisoners built the Moscow-Volga Canal? From where did they come from?
200,000
Dmitlag labour camp
name the giant steel plant and the town of 150 k created from nothing
Magnitogorsk
Who helped build Komsomolsk?
Komsomol volunteer labour and prison camp labour
Which USA car designer was advised for the car industry, training Russian engineers and design car plant at Gorky
Henry Ford
How did Henry Ford help Russia?
advised for the car industry, training Russian engineers and design car plant at Gorky
What happened to 6 US engineers in 1932?
Awarded order of the red banner of labour
What did the Stakhanovite movement stem from?
Aleksei Stakhanov cut 102 tonnes of coal in 5.75 hours in Aug 1935
14x more than expected
How many records were broken by Dec 1935?
2 volumes
What could a manager receive if he exceeded the quota?
up to 40% of his income bonus
Why did it become normal to falsify stats?
the manager could be put on trial imprisoned or executed for not meeting targets
Why did books need to balance?
To prevent being charged for wrecking
From 1936 factories had to do what?
What was the consequence?
From 1936 factories had to pay for their own fuel, raw material and labour from ‘profits’
Bribery and corruption were commonplace
Workers norms were raised by what in 1936?
10-50%
Describe working conditions
7-day working week, longer working hours, arriving late/missing work could result in eviction or no benefits
When were wage differentials introduced?
1931
Real wages under 2nd 5-Year plan _______ but were still _____ than 1928
Real wages under 2nd 5-Year plan increased but were still lower than 1928
When was rationing phased out?
1935
Name the Belomor Canal death rate
name the average survival time
700 per day
2 years
In 1929 female workers represented how much of the workforce
In 1929 female workers represented c29% of the workforce
How were women discriminated?
paid less than men
kept in jobs with least skill
What department of the party was closed in Jan 1930
Zhenotdel
devote to women’s affairs
mangers were reluctant to train or promote women
harassed by male co-workers
By 1935 women were how much of the overall industrial workforce?
42%
from 1936 the Party made the workplace ___ for women by ____
Workplace easier by enrolling women into technical training programmes
BUT WOMEN STILL EARNED 40% less than men
By 1940 how much of the workforce was women?
43%
between 1928 and 1932 industrial workforce ____
doubled
