Stalin's rise to power; Launch of the First 5 year plan Flashcards
The First 5 year plan was…
envisaged as the beginning of a sustained industrial transformation continued by more five year plans.
What were the key elements of the five year plan?
Central Planning
Rapid industrial growth aims
Infrastructure investment and new Industrial centres
Propaganda and discipline
Foreign experts
How was central planning used in the First 5 year plan?
Gosplan to set industrial targets
“command economy” to centralise economy management
What were the Rapid industrial growth aims of the First 5 year plan?
Boost overall production by 300%
Prioritise heavy industry (coal, iron, machinery…)
Light Industry up by 100% (lower priority)
x6 more energy by 1933; electrification
What was the Light Industry?
Production of house-hold goods and chemicals
How was there to be infrastructure investment in the first 5 year plan?
transform society by electrification - x6 more energy by 1933
significant investment in transport systems - e.g railways
How were industrial centres to be used in the 5 year plan?
Thousands to be built
Examples of two industrial centres built for the first 5 year plan?
Magnitogorsk in Stalingrad
Kharkiv in Ukraine
Magnitogorsk was built into a settlement of _____ people
175k
What was Magnitogorsk to be centred around?
Steel production as it had vast iron reserves
What was Magnitogorsk to be based off of?
Steel towns in America such as Gary, Indiana
Despite ____ flown in to help with the project, what was Magnitogorsk hailed as?
Despite hundreds of foreign experts involved it was hailed as a success of soviet architecture and industrialisation
Example of a foreign expert who helped with building Magnitogorsk?
Famed German Engineer Ernst May
What special phrase was given to the city?
“Sotsgorod” - Socialist city
Why else was Magnitogorsk hailed as a success?
Was built out of what was considered a wasteland - swamp and marsh
