Social & Economic Condition by 1941

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

ger inva interrupted S Rev - wanted to avoid / postpone war so transformed
by June 1941 expan indust cap but huge inefficiencies & failures agri rev but hardship & resentment new prop image reliant on terror & perusasion

Question 2

Economic Strengths

Answer 2

by 1941 5YPs had transformed R to highly indust 1940 overtook B in iron & steel & not far behind ger
inc urbanisation larger workforce 1930 33% pop = urban
all farms col
mili spending inc push for heavy indust meant could develop mili strenght = 3% budget 1938 = 34% 1940

Question 3

Economic Weaknesses

Answer 3

develop = uneven consumer cut = queues
steel = 4 mil ts 1928 = 18 1940
meat targets by weight so = fatty
central planning struggled to deal with complex econ & org at local level = poor 1930s = 300 targets 1940 = 2500

Question 4

Social Strengths

Answer 4

1941 state ownership achieved over indust & agri said same as ppl so = soc
from 1929 p’s supervised by p offs at cols secret police at MTS
mans under controls w’s labour books IPs & eviction threat
1934 end rations & priv plots in K’s food prod recov & prod nearly 2/3 of R’s food by late 1930s
bens for w’s who beat targets e.g. higher wages & living conditions state childcare allowed m women to work

Question 5

Social Weaknesses

Answer 5

6-8 mil died famine 1932-4 10 mil from dek & X conditions
not suff housing expan for RI shanty towns - lack of sanitation
harsh disci & w’ing conditions - late 3x in a row = 10 yrs hard labour 1940 decree X qual = crime breached 1929 directive that should not interfere
benefits for bureaucrats & soc inequals = 50k p offs w/ better living conditions food clothes than ord w’s
indust w’s better access to good pay opps & activities

Question 6

Situation at Outbreak of War

Answer 6

central control of command econ helped org war effort
RI gave basis for vic
harsh disci helped build resilience
but by 1941 econ still prod less grain than NEP & col weakened food prod - war made S panic