Social Security Under Lenin Flashcards
Why was ensuring stable employment difficult from 1917-18?
Revolution caused economic chaos
Fact about industrial enterprises in 1918
570 closed causing no. unemployed to increase by over 100 000in October 1918
Why did war production cease from 1917-18
The treaty of Brest-Litovsk meant that it was no longer needed so unemployment rose
Fact about chemical and metal workers in 1918
75% were unemployed by March 1918
What was introduced in 1918 to deal with unemployment and did it end widespread unemployment?
Compulsory labour for all able bodied men aged 16-50. Yes.
How much food did aristocrats get?
25% of the food that WC people got
Work cards in Petrograd and Moscow……..
Allowed workers to get public transport
Why was compulsory labour unsustainable during the civil war?
Factories were forced to close due to fuel shortages
Why did gov. provision of food fail?
War communism never provided more than 50% of the food/fuel that people needed so they turned to the black market
Why were people leaving the cities and fact about Petrograd.
Food shortages. From 1917-21 the pop. of Petrograd fell by 50%
What happened to the relationship between compulsory work and gov. benefits under the NEP?
It ended
What happened to unemplyment under the NEP?
Rose from 5.5% to 18% of labour force from 1921 to 1924
Why did unemplyment rise in 1920s?
No. Factory workers reduced to cut costs
Demobilised soldiers found it hard to get jobs
What did the 1922 Labour Law do?
Gave unions the right to negotiate agreements about pay and working conditions
What did social insurance include and how many people did it cover?
Maternity, medical and disability benefits etc.
9 million workers
