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Theme 2 (industry & agriculture) Flashcards

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Industrial production 1921 vs 1913

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1/5 of 1913 (war communism)

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Food production 1921 vs 1913

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1/2 of 1913 (war communism)

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How many died from famine and disease in 1929

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20 million

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How many red army troops needed for Tambov uprising?

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100,000
(peasant army was 50,000)
might be the other way round check in book

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What year was economy restored to pre civil war

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1926 (success of NEP)

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Magnitogorsk population numbers

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1929 25 people

1932 250,000 people

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By 1933, how much of Moscow workforce was skilled?

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1933 only 17% skilled

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White Sea canal numbers

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141 miles
180,000 prisoners employed
10,000 died
1931-32

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Stalingrad tractor factory numbers

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Meant to produce 500 tractors a month, June 1930 made 8 and most broke down in 3 days

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How much coal did alexei Stakhanov mine

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102 tonnes (14X target)
began Stakhanovite movement in 1935
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Coal increasing first plan

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(1928-32 first plan)
1927: 35 million tonnes
1932: 64 million tonnes
(83% increase)

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Coal production second plan

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1932: 64 million tonnes
1937: 128 million tonnes
(doubled)

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1928-1941 economic growth rate?

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17%

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How did steel and coal production increase all plans

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1928-41
4 fold in steel.
6 fold in coal

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By 1932 how many household collectivised compared to 1937

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62% in 1932

93% in 1937

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animal numbers reduced as a result of peasants resisting collectivisation

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1928-1933
number of cattle halved
1/3 sheep and goats killed

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Grain numbers collectivisation

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1928-1934
73.3 - 67.6 million tonnes of grain
fell 7%

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During famine how many died in 1933-34 famine?

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5 million

Ukraine –> seized too much grain

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19
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WW2 arms production rose by what?

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1943-45
73,000+ tanks
94,000 + aircraft

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Wool production because of war

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Wool production feel to 1/2 that of 1940 during war

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Grain production because of WW2

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95 million tonnes 1940
30 million tonnes 1942
fell to 31% 1940 level

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By end of war how many homeless and how many places destroyed?

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25 million homeless

1,700 towns 70,000 villages classified as “destroyed”

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23
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When was there a drought

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1946

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When was there famine in Ukraine (post WW2) due to drought

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1947

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Productivity in agriculture after the war
Lower than in 1913
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Khrushchev suggested making larger collectives how many made by when
1952 over 100,000 large collectives created
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when did Khrushchev set up Regional Economic councils and how many were there
1957 and 105 made
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working week under Khrushchev
reduced from 48 hours a week to 41 by 1960
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how much of profit were factory managers allowed to keep and invest under Khrushchev
40%
30
when was libreman plan published
1962
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what plan did Khrushchev base reforms off of
liberman plan
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when did Khrushchev boast overtaking western tech
1959
33
when was first satellite launched and what was it called
sputnik 1957
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who was first man in space and when
yuri Gagarin 1961
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growth rate in 1950s compared to USA
7% | USA: 2.9%
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groeth rate in 1960s
5%
37
growth rate in 1970s
3%
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when was virgin lands scheme
1956 - 63
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how many tractors supplied for virgin lands scheme
120,000
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how did farmers income and food production change under khrushchev
1952-58 farmer income doubled | 1953-58 food production increased by 51%
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when was there a poor harvest under Khrushchev and what did it result in
1963 shortages caused slaughter of millions of animals
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when were kosygins reforms
``` 1965 Kosygin (prime minister at the time) introduced bonuses for higher output --> mass production of cheap goods (not useful) ```
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when was Kosygin sidelined
1968
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when was industry joined with scientific research institutions
1973 | Brezhnev, Cold War
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consumer goods increasing numbers under Brezhnev
by 1980 85% families had TV, 70% had washing machines | only 9% had car
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how did agriculture investment increase under Brezhnev
by 1976 26% investment in agriculture
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Andropov private plots numbers
private plots were 1% of cultivated area | 25% produce came from private plots
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when was first 5 year plan
1928-32 | Stalin
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when was second 5 year plan
1933-37 | Stalin
50
when was third 5 year plan
1938 - 1941 (cut short by German invasion) | Stalin
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when was fourth 5 year plan
1946-50 | Stalin
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when was fifth 5 year plan
1951-55 | Stalin dies in 1953
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when did Lenin begin nationalisation?
1917
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who controlled nationalised industries (set up by Lenin)
Veshenka | Set up in 1917
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famine caused by War Communism (economic crisis 1921)
1920-21 | 6 million deaths
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decline in workforce caused by War Communism (economic crisis 1921)
workers fled to countryside to find food 1917: 2.6 million workers 1921: 1.2 million workers
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War communism
1918-21 - forced requisition - nationalise all industry - all able-bodied men 16-50 compulsory work - abolition of money (caused by hyperinflation)
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when was the NEP in place?
1921 - 1927
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when did the government have to impose price cuts on industrial goods (Lenin)?
1923 | "scissors crisis"
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when was gosplan established?
1921
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how did electricity increase first 3 plans?
1928 - 41 | ten fold increase in electricity
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when was Moscow's first train lines opened?
1935
63
military spending in 1940
1/3 government spending goes to army
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how much was wasted in first 3 plans?
40% waste
65
when did Stalin start collectivisation?
1928
66
rise in grain exports (collectivisation)
1928: less than 1 million tonnes 1931: 5 million tonnes
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private vs collective farms (shows inefficient collectives)
1932 private: average 410 kilos grain per hectare collective: average 320 kilos grain per hectare
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what % investment went to heavy industry after WW2?
90%
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when was the russian economy the fastest growing in the world?
1950
70
when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
1949
71
what % investment went to light industry in Stalin's years
less than 12%
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how many new acres of land "farmed" in Virgin Lands Scheme
6 million new aches land
73
when were MTS abolished
1955 | peasants loved this
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When did Khrushchev allow peasants to sell things on private plots
1955
75
Ambitious Khrushchev aims (didn't happen)
Overtake American agriculture by 1960 | Achieve communism by 1980
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When was the soviet economy stagnant?
by 1985
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Khrushchev's 7 year plan
1959 - 1965 | aim to increase consumer goods & chemicals
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outcome of 7 year plan (1959 - 65)
consumer goods 5% below target | Chemicals 20% below target
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The land decree
1917 | Gave all the land to the peasants
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decree on workers control
1917 gave control of factories to the workers Repealed in 1918 (too high wages)
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when were all private banks nationalised
December 1917
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how many 'volunteers' helped requisition grain during war communism
150,000
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success of NEP stats grain
1921: 38 million tonnes 1926: 77 million tonnes (grain doubled 1921 - 26)
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results of first 5 year plan 1928-32
little impact until 1934. | Magnitogorsk population: 25 (1929) to 250,000 (1932) Quality often sacrificed to reach targets
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results of second 5 year plan 1933 - 37
1928-41: 17% industrial growth rate
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results of third 5 year plan 1938 - 41
interrupted (WW2) | USSR managed to fight off the Nazi invasion December 1941
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results of fourth 5 year plan 1946-50
initial production recovered quickly (2 million slaves used), targets were over fulfilled. Still a lack of new technology and chemicals
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results of fifth 5 year plan 1951-55
urban areas recovered almost fully (rural areas took longer) | Soviet Union now a nuclear power
89
when did collectivisation become compulsory
1928
90
When was the sixth 5 year plan?
1956 - 58 Abandoned after 2 years for being too ambitious (Khrushchev)
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When was the seventh plan?
1959 - 65 7 year plan. Shift towards chemicals and consumer goods (Khrushchev forced to step down 1964)
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When was the eighth 5 year plan?
1966-70 amount of grain exports doubled (Brezhnev)
93
When was the ninth 5 year plan?
1971-75 15 million tonnes grain imported - detente (Brezhnev)

Russia Edexcel History A Level (5 decks)

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