Stalin - Industry 1928-1941

Question 1

What was Stalin’s industrial nickname?

Answer 1

‘The Great Turn’

Question 2

When was the end of the NEP announced?

Answer 2

Dec 1927 - at the 15th Party Congress

Question 3

What was the result if one failed to fulfil a target?

Answer 3

It was a criminal offence

Question 4

When was the 1st 5YP?

Answer 4

1928-1932

Question 5

What were the aims of the 1st 5YP?

Answer 5

• increase production by 300%
• develop heavy industry
• boost electricity by 600%
• emphasis on chemical production

Question 6

Were the targets of the 1st 5YP met?

Answer 6

None were met

Question 7

What was Magnitogorsk?

Answer 7

An industrial complex

Question 8

When was the 2nd 5YP?

Answer 8

1933-1937

Question 9

What were the aims of the 2nd 5YP?

Answer 9

To continue the first and develop communications between cities and industrial areas

Question 10

When were the ‘three good years’?

Answer 10

1934-1936

Question 11

When was the Dnieper Dam completed?

Answer 11

1932

Question 12

When was the Volga Canal opened?

Answer 12

1937

Question 13

When was the Moscow Metro opened?

Answer 13

1935

Question 14

What was the result of the 2nd 5YP?

Answer 14

• steel output trebeled
  -coal production doubled

Question 15

When was the Soviet Union ‘virtually self-sufficient’?

Answer 15

1937

Question 16

When was the 3rd 5YP?

Answer 16

1938-1942

Question 17

What were the aims of the 3rd 5YP?

Answer 17

• continue developing heavy industry
• focus on rearmament (war approaching)
• complete the transition into communism

Question 18

What was the result of the 3rd 5YP?

Answer 18

• expenditure on rearmament doubled
• consumer goods were disregarded

Question 19

By what year were the peasants still not producing enough?

Answer 19

1927?

Question 20

What attitude was it said that peasants had?

Answer 20

‘petty-bourgios’

Question 21

When was ‘forced’ collectivisation announced?

Answer 21

1929

Question 22

When did stage one of collectivisation occur?

Answer 22

1929-1930

Question 23

How many peasants households were destroyed during the de-kulakisation?

Answer 23

15%, although Kulaks were only 4% of peasants

Question 24

How many farms were expected to be collectivised by the end of 1929?

Answer 24

25%

Question 25

How many farms were collectivised by March 1930?

Answer 25

60%

Question 26

How many farms were collectivised by October 1930?

Answer 26

20%

Question 27

What was ‘dizzy with success’?

Answer 27

The nickname Stalin used to blame local officials - aimed to slow down collectivization

Question 28

When did phase 2 of collectivisation occur?

Answer 28

1930-1941

Question 29

How many Motor Tractor Stations were introduced?

Answer 29

2500

Question 30

What was the MTS used for?

Answer 30

Surveillance

Question 31

How many kulaks were removed?

Answer 31

10 million

Question 32

How much livestock was killed due to de-kulakisation?

Answer 32

25-30%

Question 33

What were the issues with the collectives?

Answer 33

• unrealistic procurement levels
• poorly organised
• lack of fertilizers

Question 34

What was made illegal with a prison sentence of 10 years?

Answer 34

Stealing from a collective

Question 35

What is a ‘Kolkhoz’?

Answer 35

A collective run by the peasants

Question 36

What is a ‘Sovkhoz’?

Answer 36

A state-owned and operated collective

Question 37

What were the benefits of collectives?

Answer 37

• electricity
• ‘modern’ buildings
• private plot of land

Question 38

When were wage differentials and bonuses introduced?

Answer 38

1931

Question 39

When was the Stakhanovite Movement?

Answer 39

From 1935 onwards

Question 40

When did Stalin announce ‘life has become better, more joyous?

Answer 40

1933