Strengths and Weaknesses of FYPs

Question 1

Weakness: defence and living

Answer 1

Couldn’t sustain massive defence industry and a high standard of living at the same time.

Question 2

Industrial weakness: The Terror stifled initiative

Answer 2

Factory leaders denounced, loss of skilled workers, take less risks.

Question 3

Industrial weakness: lack of consumer goods

Answer 3

First plan focussed on heavy and third on defence, slightly more focus in second plan but was not enough variation

Question 4

Industrial strength: increase in economy 1928-1940

Answer 4

Economy increased 5-6% each year from which is impressive

Question 5

Industrial strength: R. Davies army

Answer 5

‘The armaments industry f the 1930s was the most outstanding success of pre war soviet economy’ they outproduced Germany in 1941 of weapons

Question 6

Industrial strength: self-sufficient

Answer 6

In some areas eg. machine tool production

Question 7

Industrial strength: production increase

Answer 7

4x increase of steel, 6x increase of coal

Question 8

Industrial weakness: production decline

Answer 8

Textiles production declined over plans, housing was virtually ignored

Question 9

Industrial: lorry porduction

Answer 9

Increased 1932-7 then dropped by 1940 as lorry factories were used to make tanks

Question 10

Industrial weakness: White Sea Baltic Canal

Answer 10

Applebaum estimated 25,000 deaths