Social Security Flashcards
What did War Communism effect socially?
Work became compulsory
Soviet Citizens aged 16 - 50 work or fight
Entitled to a work card = social benefits
Food & Fuel rationed
housing and transport provided free to urban workers
Was War communism a success socially?
Failed
Rations insufficient for workers needs
By 1920 Workers beginning to abandon factories in search of food
Urban population fell by 25% during civil war
How did the NEP change society
Entitlements and to who
by 1924 18% urban workforce unemployed
Entitled to:
- Social insurance, paid disability benefits, unemployment benefits
- Gov invested in education for urban workers
Peasants had no right to this welfare
What was work under Stalin like?
Compulsory work reintroduced under Stalin
Intro of 5 year plan = full employment of male urban workers
Labour discipline was harsh in factories and conditions were dirty and dangerous
What was benefits under Stalin like
Food rations
Access to better transportation due to construct of metro
Factory canteens provided meals for workers
Vaccines for Malaria made universally available from 1947
Problems with Stalins welfare
Peasants benefited much less = no rations entitlement
Food major problem = work canteens used rotten food, animal feed led to illness
Sanitation in factories inadequate, lice infestations and vomitting
What was Housing like?
Soviet authorities redistributed housing, taken from rich aristocrats to poor people
Urban housing divided into Kommunalka (apartments) Entire families would live in a room
Dormitories to house factory workers in new factory towns, in Moscow coal Fields 15,000 beds for 26,000 workers
