STALIN Flashcards
When did Stalin introduce collectivisation?
November 1929
Why did Stalin introduce collectivisation? (3)
Wanted to move toward a command economy (central planning)
Wanted to break the peasants hold on the economy after the grain crisis
Needed more modern farming methods
Grain procurement crisis
Peasants hoarding grain- Stalin used the kulaks as a scapegoat (dekulakisation)
How did Stalin tackle the grain procurement crisis?
Active opponents of collectivisation deported
Counter revolutionaries shot or sent to forced labour settlements
Expelled from farms
When was the liquidation of the kulaks?
December 1929
Why did Stalin liquidate the kulaks?
Frighten the middle and poor peasants into joined kolkhozes
Peasant reaction to collectivisation
Peasants rioted, slaughtered their animals in protest
Political impact of NEP
Move toward communism
Stalin scapegoated officials (‘dizzy with success’)
How many had joined collectives by 1936?
90%
Economic impact of collectivisation
Led to grain hoarding
Social impact of collectivisation
Kulaks targeted under collectivisation (kulaks and NEP-men thrived under NEP)
Focus of the frst Five-Year Plan
Heavy industry
Focus of the second Five-Year Plan
Consumer goods
Focus of the third Five-Year Plan
Military
Statistic for the First Five-Year Plan
Goal for steel was 8 million tonnes
Produced 4 million
Political impacts of the Second World War (3)
Cold War
Spheres of influence
Berlin Blockade
Social impacts of the Second World War
27 million Russians killed- 2/3 civilians
Economic impact of WW2
Berlin Blockade
Living conditions under Stalin
Reversed changes made by Lenin- overcrowding became the norm