theme 2 essay

Question 1

when was a sewerage system built in St Petersburg

Answer 1

1911

Question 2

before ww1 what percent of housing was wooden

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

Give the dates of 2 famines and how many people died

Answer 3

1891 350,000
1932 7 million

Question 4

how many people died of cholera in St Petersburg from cholera and when

Answer 4

100,000 1910

Question 5

how was workers working to natures clock fixed

Answer 5

new work discipline

Question 6

what was the name of the Welshman whose iron and coal company was the largest producer of pig iron in Russia and when

Answer 6

George Washington Whistler
1884

Question 7

what were the main improvements of Witte’s great spurt

Answer 7

coal x2
steel + iron x7

Question 8

between _____-_____ how much did russia’s industrial output increa per year

Answer 8

7%
1909 - 1913

Question 9

under what policy did Lenin take complete control of the economy

Answer 9

State capitalism

Question 10

under what policy did Lenin introduce grain requistioning

Answer 10

war communism

Question 11

what percent of trade were nepmen and when

Answer 11

60%
1923

Question 12

what was the name of the industrial city built in the ural mountaions

Answer 12

magnitogorsk

Question 13

what did Stolypin introduce to create peasant role models

Answer 13

wager on the strong

Question 14

by what date, what percent of peasant households worked on collectives

Answer 14

1941
98%

Question 15

how did khrushchevs agricultural policies benefit peasants

Answer 15

they gained private land

Question 16

how many pupils were attending school by what date

Answer 16

6.9 million
1932

Question 17

what fraction of all univesity students attended moscow uni

Answer 17

25%

Question 18

what did peasants live in

Answer 18

izba

Question 19

when was the mir introduced

Answer 19

1861

Question 20

when was the virgin land scheme

Answer 20

1954

Question 21

how many acres did USSR farm by what date

Answer 21

42 million
1960

Question 22

when was war communism

Answer 22

1918

Question 23

when was collectivisation

Answer 23

1928-40

Question 24

how many working churches were there in 2 different dates

Answer 24

1930 224
1938 16

Question 25

how much was the clergy reduced by under stalin

Answer 25

60%

Question 26

when was the emancipation of serfs

Answer 26

1861

Question 27

under the five year plan what metals were mined for the first time

Answer 27

zinc tin and copper

Question 28

when was the nep

Answer 28

1921

Question 29

what was khrushchevs housing called

Answer 29

khrushchevskas

Question 30

what was the working day under Stalin

Answer 30

10 - 12 hours

Question 31

what 3 consumer good were created in the 2nd five year plan

Answer 31

footwear meat packaging ice cream

Question 32

under the 6th five year plan how many clock and watches were made

Answer 32

26 million

Question 33

what five year plan were tractors produced

Answer 33

1st

Question 34

in the first five year plan what industry struggled

Answer 34

chemicals

Question 35

in the second five year plan what industry struggled

Answer 35

oil

Question 36

under Stolypin's wager on the strong what percent did GPN increase by a year

Answer 36

3.5%

Question 37

what was abolished under Stolypin's wager on the strong

Answer 37

poll tax

Question 38

when were land banks introduced

Answer 38

1882

Question 39

what did Witte do to gain investment

Answer 39

foreign capital

Question 40

when did Witte put the Rubel on the gold standard

Answer 40

1896