Theme 2: Stalin FYPs and Industrial Change
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- Created on: 23-05-22 11:37
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- Stalin: 5 Year Plans + Industrial Change
- Reasons
- Ideological
- Abolish capitalism and lay foundations for a socialist system
- Economical
- NEP failed to further industrialise
- Political
- Abolishing capitalism: won support of Party's left-wing
- Ideological
- Launched "Revolution from above" 1928
- Ended NEP and introduced a command economy
- An economy where government controls production
- Ended NEP and introduced a command economy
- 5 Year Plans formulated by Gosplan
- List of targets
- Accompanied with heavy propaganda to inspire workers
- Aims
- Increase heavy industry
- Investment into iron + steel factories, oil wells, coalmines
- Neglected consumer goods
- 1936 also prioritise rearmament
- Neglected consumer goods
- Increase heavy industry
- Results of his first 3 FYPs
- Heavy industry
- The biggest success
- Electrical output increased x10
- Coal and steal increased x5
- Iron production increased x3
- Transport infrastructure grew
- Metro lines opened 1935
- Moscow-Volga Canal opened 1937
- Labour productivity
- 1st 5YP: very low
- "Stakhanovite" ideal worker propaganda campaign
- Increased productivity for most workers
- 30% increase in major industries
- But still behind US, France, Germany
- Increased productivity for most workers
- Quality
- Factory managers awarded for quantity rather than quality
- Low quality produce
- Factory managers awarded for quantity rather than quality
- Rearmamenta success
- 1940, 1/3 gov spending funded the military
- Built 9 military aircraft factories between 1939-41
- Economy inefficient
- Gosplan did not make plans for the use of materials
- 40% of produce wasted
- Poor transport + coordination
- 40% of produce wasted
- Gosplan did not make plans for the use of materials
- Plans undermined by unrealistic targets
- Gosplan officials did not know the size of the factories nor how much they could produce
- Managers lied about productivity to avoid punishment
- Falsified, inaccurate data made planning harder
- Unrealistic plans
- Falsified, inaccurate data made planning harder
- Heavy industry
- Reasons
- Ideological
- Abolish capitalism and lay foundations for a socialist system
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