theme 2 essay Flashcards
when was a sewerage system built in St Petersburg
1911
before ww1 what percent of housing was wooden
50%
Give the dates of 2 famines and how many people died
1891 350,000
1932 7 million
how many people died of cholera in St Petersburg from cholera and when
100,000 1910
how was workers working to natures clock fixed
new work discipline
what was the name of the Welshman whose iron and coal company was the largest producer of pig iron in Russia and when
George Washington Whistler
1884
what were the main improvements of Witte’s great spurt
coal x2
steel + iron x7
between _____-_____ how much did russia’s industrial output increa per year
7%
1909 - 1913
under what policy did Lenin take complete control of the economy
State capitalism
under what policy did Lenin introduce grain requistioning
war communism
what percent of trade were nepmen and when
60%
1923
what was the name of the industrial city built in the ural mountaions
magnitogorsk
what did Stolypin introduce to create peasant role models
wager on the strong
by what date, what percent of peasant households worked on collectives
1941
98%
how did khrushchevs agricultural policies benefit peasants
they gained private land
how many pupils were attending school by what date
6.9 million
1932
what fraction of all univesity students attended moscow uni
25%
what did peasants live in
izba
when was the mir introduced
1861
when was the virgin land scheme
1954
how many acres did USSR farm by what date
42 million
1960
when was war communism
1918
when was collectivisation
1928-40
how many working churches were there in 2 different dates
1930 224
1938 16
how much was the clergy reduced by under stalin
60%
when was the emancipation of serfs
1861
under the five year plan what metals were mined for the first time
zinc tin and copper
when was the nep
1921
what was khrushchevs housing called
khrushchevskas
what was the working day under Stalin
10 - 12 hours
what 3 consumer good were created in the 2nd five year plan
footwear
meat packaging
ice cream
under the 6th five year plan how many clock and watches were made
26 million
what five year plan were tractors produced
1st
in the first five year plan what industry struggled
chemicals
in the second five year plan what industry struggled
oil
under Stolypin’s wager on the strong what percent did GPN increase by a year
3.5%
what was abolished under Stolypin’s wager on the strong
poll tax
when were land banks introduced
1882
what did Witte do to gain investment
foreign capital
when did Witte put the Rubel on the gold standard
1896