Success of the Five Year Plans

Question 1

By which percentage did the USSR’s economy grow each year between 1928 and 1940?

Answer 1

5-6% ever year.

Question 2

What happened to the size of the industrial workforce between 1928 and 1932?

Answer 2

It doubled in size.

Question 3

The USSR’s Urban population in 1926 was 26 million people. What was it by 1939?

Answer 3

56 million.

Question 4

When and what were the ‘three good years’?

Answer 4

1934-1936. Wages and productivity increased while prices fell. Consumer goods such as gramophones began making appearances in the ordinary citizen’s home.

Question 5

Which sector grew particularly effectively in the build up to war?

Answer 5

Rearmament. Tanks, aircraft and guns were produced at an internationally superior rate in preparation for war.