reason for the great turn
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- Created on: 19-05-19 15:58
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- reasons for the great turn
- slow pace of industrialisation under NEP
- stalins was anxious to increase russia military strength and self sufficiency
- serious weakenessesin industrial management needed to be addressed
- more efficiency needed to increase production and quality of goods
- grain procurement crisis
- in 1927-28 winter, grain purchased by government was 25% down prev. year
- local party officials blamed the peasants for hoarding their grain in hope for high places, kulaks were esp. blamed
- stalins changing attitude
- having previously. supported NEP, stalin was ready for something more radical
- this could have been because circumstances pushed him to or because now is position was firm, he set secure enough to do what he acc wanted
- having previously. supported NEP, stalin was ready for something more radical
- ideological concerns about NEP
- many wanted the economic policy to be true communism
- for this it was essential to develop industry, and not have a state dependent on procuring grain that peasants grow
- the state had lost control over countryside and control had to be regained to focus on ideological path
- many wanted the economic policy to be true communism
- slow pace of industrialisation under NEP
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