The Soviet War Economy Flashcards
What had destroyed the basis of the Soviet economy?
the German invasion and occupation of the Western regions of the USSR in 1941 and 1942
How were whole sectors of industry ruined?
by bombardment, or deliberately destroyed before Soviet forces had to retreat
What happened to much of the new productive capacity that had been gained in the drive to industrialise in the 1930s?
it was destroyed through bombardment
How many trains were used to relocate equipment, workers, who factories?
20,000
Where were factories dismantled and moved to?
to the Urals
Railroads made the evacuation of equipment, people and factories possible with how many wagons per week were used to shift the factories from the Ukraine?
25,000
How many wagons moved 500 factories from Moscow?
80,000
80,000 wagons moved how many factories from Moscow?
500
The mobilisation of Soviet industry was vital fro the war effort. While the 1930s centrally controlled command economy was often inefficient and ill suited to peacetime conditions, it was very well matched for war. In what year did the Soviet Union begin to build a huge industrial base for war production?
1942
The foundations of Sovet aircraft industry had been laid in the 1920s and 1930s by Tupolev but the huge losses in what year made it necessary to start again?
1941
Who was Tupolev who was used to help the war production in 1941?
he was a talented engineer who was arrested in 1937 during the purges but released in 1941 to work in war production
After 1945, what did the USSR mention little about in news reports and school textbooks?
little about the aid poured into the USSR by the Allies under Lend-Lease
What did the United States send to Russia?
huge quantities of armaments, industrial goods and foodstuffs
How many trucks were given to the USSR by the US?
300,000 American trucks
Why was the war supplies a significant factor in the Soviet war effort especially in the winter of 1942-43?
as this was when the USSR was recovering from the heavy losses earlier in the war
