STALIN Flashcards
command economy
controlled completely by state incl. 5 year plan & collectivisation
5 year plans
economic autarky
collectivisation
1928-9 - grouping of small farms into bigger ones (alongside liquidation of kulaks blamed for hoarding)
gosplan
state planning commission; set targets (little guidance)
comecon
integrate EE economy
cominform
ideological unity
nkvd
Stalins secret police; headed by Yezhov it led purges
later purged itself of 20,000
purges
1930s. removal of critics mid thirties membership down by 1/3
doctors plot
Stalin accused jewish doctors of trying to poison him. death shortly afterwards prevented LT impat
new soviet man
ideal soviet citizen
stakhanovite movement
named after miner who produced above quota. incentive scheme (holidays, flats & money)
leningrad affair
1948; purge of Zhdanov supporters
great terror
1936-39 mass arrests & execution. also enroced war communism, labour codes, kulak liquidat
socialist realism
1934 official representation under state guidelines
georgian affair
mishandling of georgian nationalism. drew criticism of stalin
bukharin
removed from pos as head of Comintern was anti collectivisation
cominfternq
communist international body; spread overseas
great turn
post NEP
kolkhozy
collectivised farm where farmers aren’t employed by state
solkhozy
collectivised farm where farmers are employed by state
MTS
Machine and tractor station - used on Kolkhozy
urals-siberation method
encouragement to denounce grain hoarders during 1928 famine
1932-4 famine
poor weather & collectivisation; repression (death penalty & censorship)
scorched earth policy
WW2. burning of own land
