Stalin Economy

Question 1

How did Stalin feel about private farming ?

Answer 1

Peasants were too inefficient by working for themselves and viewed them as an opposition to the transformation of the rural economy

Question 2

How did Stalin abolish private peasant farming ?

Answer 2

Collectivisation

Question 3

When was collectivisation ?

Answer 3

1928

Question 4

What was collectivisation ?

Answer 4

The forcing of peasants from privates farms to collective farms in order to make grain production cheaper and more efficient

Question 5

How did peasants react to collectivisation?

Answer 5

Peasants resisted by killing all livestock and eating all the grain to negatively impact the rural economy rather than give them up to the government

Question 6

What did the peasants uprising lead to ?

Answer 6

Peasants are unable to grow their own food meaning there was a huge famine in the rural population of peasants

Question 7

How many peasants died as a result of the resistance to collectivisation?

Answer 7

7 million in 5 years

Question 8

What was Gosplan ?

Answer 8

The state planning committee that authorised all economic decisions and planning under Stalin

Question 9

What did Stalin want to produce in order to help with the desperate need for rapid industrialisation?

Answer 9

A generation of prolateriat workers

Question 10

What percentage of peasant farms were collectivised ?

Answer 10

50%

Question 11

When was the 1st 5 year plan ?

Answer 11

1928-1932

Question 12

What was the focus of the 1st 5 year plan ?

Answer 12

Concentrated on the rapid growth of heavy industry specifically coal , steel and iron

Question 13

Was the 1st 5 year plan successful ?

Answer 13

NO, targets of industrial production aren’t met and the Great Depression led to the the value of grain deceasing
Faced with a lack of skilled workers

Question 14

When was the 2nd 5 year plan ?

Answer 14

1933-37

Question 15

What was the focus of the 2nd 5 year plan ?

Answer 15

industrial development but with the other focussed of railways communication and other industrial sectors

Question 16

Was the 2nd 5 year plan effective ?

Answer 16

Targets were too ambitious
Known as the “ 3 good years “
As there was economic stability
( no major failures )

Question 17

When was the 3rd 5 year plan ?

Answer 17

1938-41

Question 18

What was the focus’s of the 3rd 5 year plan ?

Answer 18

Going back to a focus on heavy industry and industrial growth in which machinery and engineering thrives with the production of heavy industry

Question 19

How successful was the 3rd 5 year plan ?

Answer 19

Not very as there was a hard winter affection production and only lasted 3.5 due to the entry of ww2

Question 20

What percentage of the workforce was skilled by 1933 ?

Answer 20

17%

Question 21

What were the three main aspects to Stalins economy ?

Answer 21

5 years plans
Rapid industrialisation
Collectivisation

Question 22

What was the process of collectivisation ?

Answer 22

Grow grain ~ trade with foreign countries ~ use money to industrialise Russia

Question 23

How did liquidating and eliminating the kulak class impact the agricultural economy ?

Answer 23

The kulaks were the best and hardest working farmers and due to the lack of them agricultural production fell slightly

Question 24

In essay terms was the 1st 5 year plan successful ?

Answer 24

.Majority of targets weren’t met
. Great Depression made grain go down in price
.Great Depression meant the ussr couldn’t pay for the machinery needed to industrialise

Coal and iron production was a success!

Question 25

In essay terms was the 2nd 5 year plan successful ?

Answer 25

More about the consolidation of success
“3 good years “
Food production increases bc of chemical fertilisers
Still no huge change in heaven industry

Question 26

In essay terms was the 5 year plans a success ?

Answer 26

1938 saw a very hard winter which ruined industrial and food production
Involving in ww2 diverted funds towards military weaponry