Stalin economy Flashcards
Consequence of the dekulakisation campaigns
1.5 million Peasants sent to labour camps
When was collectivisation introduced?
1929
Forced collectivisation and grain requisitioning led to the destruction of…
17 Million horses
26 Million cattle
11 Million pigs
60 Million Sheep and goats
(many peasants would prefer to destroy over help the government)
When was the Holodomor famine?
1932-1933
Holodomor collectivisation famine death toll
Claimed the lives of 3.9 million people - about 13 percent of the population
Mechanisation
Collectivisation was accompanied by mechanisation - Government allowed farms to hire tractors from machine tractor stations
75K tractors they provided had little impact on soviet agriculture
Collectivisation allowed the government to procure more grain than the NEP in 1928. Provide evidence.
1928: The government procured 10.8 million tons of grain from the peasants
This rose to 22.6 million by 1933
What did the Soviet government rely on during WW2?
US imports to provide almost 1/5 of the calories consumed by the Red Army
How much did bread rations fall by in WW2?
40%
How much did potato rations fall by in WW2?
80%
Under the Fourth Five Year Plan: __ per cent of investment went into _____ _____
88
heavy
industry
How much did industrial output increase by under the Fourth Five Year Plan?
80% (from 1945-50)
Emergence of the Cold War
1946 (Iron Curtain)
The Fourth Five Year Plan focused mainly on heavy industry. Only __ per cent of investment went into consumer goods like ____ __________
12
food
production
The Fourth Five Year Plan: Production of consumer goods _______ - but they continued to be ______
doubled (50%)
scarce
