The Economy Under Stalin

Question 1

When did Stalin end NEP?

Answer 1

1927

Question 2

What were the reasons for the great turn?

Answer 2

NEP was failing to produce sufficient growth
War scares in the late 1920s, made it important to rely less on foreign imports and increase military strength

True socialism, demanded a developed industry rather than dependence on peasantry

Stalin wanted to be associated with a new and successful economic direction

Question 3

When was the first five-year plan?

Answer 3

1928 to 32

Question 4

Who are the aims of the first five-year plan?

Answer 4

Increase production by 300%, develop heavy industry and boost light industry and electrical production

Question 5

What were the results of the first five-year plan?

Answer 5

Stalin claim targets were met in four years, but shortage of skilled workers and poor central coordination and no major targets achieved

Question 6

When was the second five-year plan?

Answer 6

1933 to 37

Question 7

What were the aims of the second five-year plan?

Answer 7

Continued growth of heavy industry, with a new emphasis on the light industries and concentration on engineering, and tool making with the development of communications

Question 8

What was the results of the second five-year plan?

Answer 8

Rapid industrial growth improvements to communications, but not all targets map, and an emphasis on quantity, not quality

Question 9

When was the third five-year plan?

Answer 9

1938- 42

Question 10

What were the aims of the third five-year plan?

Answer 10

Focus on heavy industry, promote rapid, Rhiannon and complete transition to socialist economy

Question 11

What were the results of the third five-year plan?

Answer 11

Heavy industry grew strongly, but there was a lack of good managers, specialist and technicians following Stalinist purges

Hard winter in 1938, and a versions of funds into rearments and defence undermined plan

Question 12

What were the agricultural changes?

Answer 12

By 1927, the peasants were still not produce insufficient green for export, which was necessary to feed and supply the industrial workforce

Question 13

What did the great turn have to involve?

Answer 13

Move towards collective farm and this was announced in December 1927, and it was intended to make for me more efficient

Question 14

When was the first stage of collectivisation?

Answer 14

1929 to 30

Question 15

What did Stalin announce in 1929?

Answer 15

Forced collectivisation into state farms and the annihilation of the cooler class

Question 16

How many farms were collectivised by 1930 March?

Answer 16

Over half of households were collectivise by March. This created hostility that the program had to be slow down.

Question 17

When was the second stage of collectivisation?

Answer 17

1930 to 41

Question 18

How was collectivisation stage two different from stage one?

Answer 18

A new drive to collectivisation proceeded more slowly and involved the establishment of machine tractor stations by 1941, or peasant households by collectivised

Question 19

What were the problems with the second stage of collectivisation?

Answer 19

Dekulakisation removed, millions of successful farmers

Grain and livestock was destroyed

The collective some of the poorly organised and lacked sufficient farming equipment

1932 to 33 what are disastrous famine millions of peasant starved?

Grain output did not exceed three collectivisation of those until after 1935