Stats

Question 1

1945 economy

Answer 1

Russian economy fastest growing in the world

Question 2

early 1950s economy

Answer 2

soviet economic growth at 7.1% per annum, USA grew at 2.9%

Question 3

1958 economy

Answer 3

economy growing at 5.3%

Question 4

1970s economy

Answer 4

economy growing by 2%

Question 5

1980 economy

Answer 5

economy growing at 0.6%

Question 6

1986-90 economy

Answer 6

Govt figures showed that the GDP shrunk 4% (official figures likely underestimate this drop)

Question 7

1970 - how egalitarian is russia

Answer 7

richest 10% of Americans 7x wealthier than the poorest 10%, in USSR this was 3x

Question 8

1980s - gosplan and tractors

Answer 8

Gosplan demanded 400,000 tractors a year - >20% never used because of tractor driver shortage

Question 9

1986 amount of machinery waste

Answer 9

Gosplan estimated 12% of machinery never used

Question 10

1960s - American vs soviet farm workers

Answer 10

25.4% soviet workers employed on farms - 4.6% in America - American farms 6x more productive

Question 11

1965-85 defence spending

Answer 11

proportion of soviet GDP spend on defence increased from 12-17%, America at 6%

Question 12

1956-1980 - soviet sugar beet production

Answer 12

soviet sugar beet production increased by 28% whereas in North Dakota, which has a similar climate to soviet sugar farms, it increased by 191%.

Question 13

May 1985 - anti alcohol stats

Answer 13

Gorb reduced alcohol production at state run factories by 50%

Question 14

1987 - alcohol consumed

Answer 14

soviet citizens of >15 were still consuming 15-16 litres of alcohol a year

Question 15

67 billion roubles

Answer 15

how much govt alcohol revenues dropped by because of anti alcohol campaign (9% GDP)

Question 16

1970s - 85 - oil

Answer 16

Soviets made a lot of money selling oil to the west, this revenue dropped by 2/3 by 1985

Question 17

1981-85 oil price

Answer 17

global price of oil at $70 a barrel , down to $20 a barrel in 1985

Question 18

1981-85 govt. debt

Answer 18

govt debt at $18.1 billion, up to $27.2 billion

Question 19

1988-89 - cooperatives

Answer 19

profit of cooperatives increased from 29.2 million roubles to 1.04 billion.

Question 20

how many Peasants were in Antonov’s force

Answer 20

50,000

Question 21

at what naval base was their rebellion and demands for reform and what did they want

Answer 21

Kronstadt naval base (wanted free and fair elections, abolition of Cheka and end of War communism )

Question 22

how many arrested and how many shot in Leningrad affair of 1949

Answer 22

100 shot, 2000 arrested

Question 23

industrial workforce 1917-22

Answer 23

1917 - 3 million workers
1922 - 1.2 million workers

Question 24

output of industry in 1920 compared to 1913

Answer 24

1920 - output of industry was around 30% of that in 1913

Question 25

what % of food consumed in Russian cities came from the black market during the civil war

Answer 25

historians estimate around 60%

Question 26

1921 harvest compared to that in 1913

Answer 26

1921 harvest as 46% of the 1913 harvest

Question 27

how many people died in the famine due to Lenins grain requisitioning / War communism

Answer 27

6 million

Question 28

Grain harvest 1921 - 1926

Answer 28

1921 - 38 million tons 1926 - 77 million tons

Question 29

Scissor crisis

Answer 29

NEP led to agricultural prices declining quickly whereas industrial prices grew steadily - meant farmers income decreased, so they couldn't afford industrial goods or any incentive to produce large quantities of food

Question 30

how many years did Stalin claim the soviet union was behind Britain and the US and how many could it catch up in

Answer 30

Stalin claimed the USSR was 100 years behind but could catch up in 15 years

Question 31

production of electricity, coal and steel in first 3 five year plans

Answer 31

electricity - 1927- 5 milliard kWhs, 1940- 49 milliard kWhs coal - 1927- 35 million tons, 1940- 166 million tons steel - 1927- 4 million tons, 1940-18 million tons

Question 32

Stakhanovites

Answer 32

Soviet super workers - allowed to reorganise their workplace to ensure efficiency

Question 33

production gains 1936-40 under Stalins nationwide incentive scheme (Chemicals, electricity, coal, oil)

Answer 33

Chemicals - up 35% Electricity - up 50% Coal - up 25% Oil - up 25%

Question 34

by 1940 what portion of govt. spending was devoted to rearmament

Answer 34

1/3

Question 35

how many people queued for shoes in Moscow in early 1930s

Answer 35

shoe queues in Moscow in early 1930s often exceeded 1000 people

Question 36

dekulakisation

Answer 36

Stalin's order to take tools and farms from rich peasants - mass deportation and killing followed