Stalin's economy

Question 1

When was the first five year plan?

Answer 1

1928 - 1932

Question 2

When was the second five year plan?

Answer 2

1933 - 1937

Question 3

When was the third five year plan?

Why was it cut short?

Answer 3

1938 - 1940

Outbreak of war

Question 4

Explain the first five year plan

Answer 4

Electrical output trebled
Coal and iron output doubled
Steal production increased by 1/3

However, targets for housing development, chemical industry and consumer goods were not met

Question 5

Explain the second five year plan

Answer 5

‘The three good years’ - 1934 - 1937

The Moscow metro - 1935

The Volga canal - 1937

Dnieprostrio dam extended with 4 more generators to make it the largest in Europe

Question 6

Explain the third five year plan

Answer 6

Steal production stagnated

Oil production failed to meet targets which led to a fuel crisis

A shortage of workers become increasingly problematic following the purges

Question 7

When was the dizzy with success speech?

Answer 7

1930

Question 8

What happened in 1932?

Answer 8

Worst famine in Russian history

Question 9

Between 1929 - 1933 how much livestock was killed by peasants?

Answer 9

25%

Question 10

What % of people lived in towns by 1939?

Answer 10

33%

Question 11

Which country did the USSR overtake in iron and steal production?
When was this?

Answer 11

Britain

1940

Question 12

Between 1938 - 1940 what happened to spending on rearmament?

Answer 12

Spending rose on rearmament from 27.5 billion to 70.9 billion

Question 13

What were some of the issues with Stalinist systems?

Answer 13

Targets on production were assessed on weight which meant heavy goods were favoured over light ones

There were too few administrators to oversee systematic efficiency

Ministers in Moscow all set different industrial targets for each enterprise which led to disorganisation