State Capitalism

Question 1

Why was state capitalism introduced

Answer 1

1. Idea that socialism could only develop in an industrialised country
2. Therefore governed needed to manage economy

Question 2

What 3 measures increased state control over economy

Answer 2

1. Nationalisation of the banks (Dec 1917), External trade and the railways
2. Veshenka established

Question 3

What issues arose from state capitalism

Answer 3

1. Works failed to organise factories as lacked skills for management
2. Some took resources for themselvs and paid themselvs loads
3. Caused output to shrink

Question 4

What were conditions like in the civil war

Answer 4

1. Inflation
2. Urban areas starved and got ill, many left
3. Sackmen used the black market

Question 5

Why was there huge inflation over civil war

Answer 5

1. Men drafted into army
2. Non war factories closed
3. Farmers farmed just for themselvs as money became worthless
4. Hostile powers had a blockade on trade

Question 6

How many people had left Moscow and Petrograd

Answer 6

By 1918, 50%

Question 7

What were bread rations in Petrograd

Answer 7

50g per person per day

Question 8

Why was the black market not shut down

Answer 8

1. Only source of food for many

2. Many officials used it as well

Question 9

What did workers who were starving do?

Answer 9

60% had left the city for the army where rations were higher by April 1918

Question 10

What happened to villages like Kiev

Answer 10

As they changed hands they were ransacked, many Jews were killed