Stalin's Economy

Question 1

Name Stalins new economic ideology

Answer 1

The Great Turn

Question 2

When was the Great Turn and what did it mean?

Answer 2

1927/29

NEP abandoned and rapid industrialization whatever the cost

Question 3

Describe the problems of the Russian economy

Answer 3

Production weakened by strikes, low levels of machinery and poor management

Question 4

By 1928 how many of the peasant population worked on collective farms?

Answer 4

Less than 5%

Question 5

Name 4 reasons for the Great Turn

Answer 5

Less reliant of Foreign imports
Huge Grain procurement crisis 27/28 with 25% less grain procured by the Gov
More towards more communist ideals
Lacking industries significantly in the context of a future war

Question 6

When was the end of the NEP announced?

Answer 6

Dec 1927 at the 15th Party Congress

Question 7

Who disagreed over economic policy?

Answer 7

Bukharin and Stalin

Question 8

How many industrial workers were sent to accelerate the development of collective farms by the Central COmmittee in 1929?

Answer 8

25,000 industrial workers sent to collective farms in 1929