Stalin's Five Year Plans

Question 1

Advantages

Answer 1

1nd: electricity production trebled from a low base (partially from magnitogorsk)
2nd: USSR was almost self-sufficient introduction of Machine Tools

Oil production rose from 11.7 million tones in 1927 to 21.4 million tonnes in 1932. Target 22million

Magnitogorsk was built from scratch. Grew from 25 people to 250 000 from 1929 to 1932

Question 2

Disadvantages

Answer 2

1st: vesenkha and gosplans rivalry caused them to set unrealistic targets that could not be met

1st output was substandard as quantity was valued over quantity which creates lots of wastage.

3rd fuel crisis because oil industry could not meet modest targets

CG/SoL neglected. In 1930s shoe queues in Moscow exceeded 1000 people

Question 3

Why were large increases in the no. houses needed?

Answer 3

Large amounts of internal migration to the cities

Question 4

Running water in houses?

Answer 4

Most did not have running water

Question 5

Bathouses and example

Answer 5

Scarce.

There were no bathouses for the 650 000 living in Liubertsy

Question 6

Working conditions/days

Answer 6

Very harsh

Worked 7 days a week