SOCIAL PROVISIONS

Question 1

what were the youth groups to ‘mould children into young communists?

Answer 1

the Octoberists (5-9)
the Pioneers (10-14)
Komsomol (19-24)

Question 2

by how much did state welfare increase from 1950-1980?

Answer 2

5 fold

Question 3

what areas of welfare received more attention and helped relieve poverty?

Answer 3

pensions, maternity benefits and housing

Question 4

what rose at a higher rate than wages under Brezhnev?

Answer 4

pensions - 40 roubles a month in 1980

Question 5

what did the many people have to do after retirement under Brezhnev?

Answer 5

work part time

Question 6

who introduced a housing programme in the 1950’s?

Answer 6

Khrushchev - the Khrushchev slums

Question 7

how much did annual housing space provided by the state increase?

Answer 7

178 million square metres (1951)
394 million square metres (1961)

Question 8

when was there growth in the provision of health care?

Answer 8

1950-80 - the availability increased however quality was poor

Question 9

what was the traditional type of ‘rest home’

Answer 9

Sanatoria - over 2000 sanatoria in 1978

Question 10

where were the best medical services in the USSR available?

Answer 10

Moscow

Question 11

who invested in the building of schools, housing and health care in rural areas?

Answer 11

Khrushchev

Question 12

who developed buildings, schools and medical services in rural areas?

Answer 12

Khrushchev

Question 13

when did the incomes of collective farmers increase and why?

Answer 13

1966 due to receiving regular wages. By mid 1970’s rural workers wages were only 10% less than urban workers

Question 14

what did the increase of real wages cause?

Answer 14

wages rose by 50% (1967-77). people saved money due to a lack of goods

Question 15

what did the soviet constitution of 1977 guarantee?

Answer 15

employment

Question 16

what was it very difficult to do to employees in the workplace?

Answer 16

fire someone due to being bad at their job

Question 17

what was introduced in 1959?

Answer 17

minimum wage - designed to ensure no workers were below the poverty line

Question 18

what was increased and what was decreased in 1957?

Answer 18

the number of paid holiday days was increased and the working week was deacreased

Question 19

what was there greater availability which ensured a content society?

Answer 19

consumer goods

Question 20

what did the ninth 5 year plan (1971-76) increase

Answer 20

consumer goods

Question 21

what was the name for people employed by the state?

Answer 21

the Nomenklatura

Question 22

how much did the party grow from the 1950’s - 1980?

Answer 22

6.9 million (1953)
17 million (1980)
20% of males over 30 were members

Question 23

where was cheap food available in the 1930’s?

Answer 23

workforce canteens

Question 24

what we’re workforce canteens instructed to keep during the difficult years of the 1930’s?

Answer 24

rabbits

Question 25

who controlled the social provisions for workers?

Answer 25

trade unions

Question 26

what were trade unions responsible for organising?

Answer 26

sports facilities, meetings, film shows, holidays and sick pay

Question 27

how did the Bolsheviks create housing in 1917?

Answer 27

confiscated large houses form the rich and partitioned them and rented them to families of worked

Question 28

how much did Moscow, Leningrad and Magnitogorsk grow by?

Answer 28

Moscow - 2.2 million (1929) to 4.1 million (1936)
Leningrad - 1.6 million (1926) to 3.4 million (1939)
Magnitogorsk - 25 people (1929) to 250,000 (1932)

Question 29

how much of its housing did Stalingrad lose?

Answer 29

90%

Question 30

how much of its housing did Leningrad lose?

Answer 30

33%