The Economy

Question 1

What was wrong with agriculture

Answer 1

Productivity low due to high tax on private plots
Livestock worse than 1916
Farmers low income

Question 2

How was the economy dealt with

Answer 2

Procurement prices increase
Taxes cut ( on private plots)
Investment
Virgin lands campaign

Question 3

When was the biggest harvest in USSR history

Answer 3

1956

Question 4

What was the virgins land campaign

Answer 4

Aimed to bring land in eg Siberia into cultivation

Question 5

How many komosmol volunteered for virgins land campaign

Answer 5

300,000

Question 6

How much land was cultivated under VLC

Answer 6

Size of Canada
35.9million acres

Question 7

What was land like in 1960s

Answer 7

Infertile
Eroded
1963 smallest harvest

Question 8

What was Krushchev obsessed with

Answer 8

Maize

Question 9

Why was grain produced

Answer 9

For fodder

Question 10

What happens when USSR wanted to beat USA in meat production

Answer 10

Boss met targets by killing all dairy cows

Question 11

What was the issue with collectives buying machinery

Answer 11

Expensive
No storage
No mechanics to fix