Stalin's Dictatorship - Reasons for Economic Superpower 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryRussia 1905-1941GCSEAQA Created by: helloiamjessicaCreated on: 05-05-15 00:20 Five Year Plans - Success WELL ORGANISED GOSPLAN SET AMBITIOUS TARGETS FOR EACH INDUSTRY SUCCESS REWARDED, FAILURE PUNISHED ACHIEVEMENTS IN ENGINEERING DNIEPER DAM - HYDROELECTRIC - CONSTRUCTED IN 1931 MOSCOW UNDERGROUND RAILWAY - ADMIRED BY RUSSIANS AND TOURISTS OVER 100 NEW CITIES BUILT E.G. MAGNITOGORSK INDUSTRY SUSTAINABLY EXPANDED BETWEEN 1928 AND 1937 COAL AND STEEL PRODUCTION QUADRUPLED USSR ABLE TO RESIST NAZIS IN 1941 - STRONG ENOUGH INDUSTRIAL POWER LIVING CONDITIONS IMPROVED OVER TIME ELECTRICITY AVAILABLE, FREE EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, MODERN FLATS WITH CENTERAL HEATING SHOWED REST OF WORLD THAT RUSSIA CATCHING UP WITH REST OF WORLD BEEN BEHIND PREVIOUSLY - INITIAL AIMS ACHEIVED E.G. STAKHANOV MINED 40 TIMES COAL QUOTA IN ONE SHIFT - WORKERS ENCOURAGED TO BECOME STAKHANOVIVES - BOOSTED INDUSTRY 1 of 4 Five Year Plans - Failure TARGETS OVERAMBITIOUS - AMOUNT OF YEILD INTENDED NOT ACHIEVED TARGETS RARELY MET - RESULTS EXAGERATED OFTEN MEANT WORKERS HAD TO RUSH TO FINISH PROJECTS - SHABBY RESULTS POOR AND DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST - WORKERS UNTRAINED AND UNEDUCATED WORK CARELESS - HUGE PRESSURE TO HIT TARGETS - DANGEROUS TOUGH CONDITIONS - LONG HOURS - CONSTANTLY TIRED - CARELESSNESS - INJURY ARGUABLY NOT WORTH LIFE LOSS POOR LIVING CONDITIONS IN CITIES DUE TO MASS INFLUX OF PEASANTS OFTEN OVERCROWDING - RATIONING AND POOR SANITATION ARGUABLY NOT WORTH LOWERED QUALITY OF LIFE UNPOPULAR WITH PEASANTS - LACK OF GOOD PRODUCTION MANY REJECTED RAPID INDUSTRIALISATION - DIDN'T WANT TO HAND LIVES TO STATE AND KULAKS DIDN'T TAKE TARGETS SERIOUSLY - NOT AS MUCH GOOD PRODUCTION TERROR USED - ABSENTEE WORKERS SACKED, 'IDLERS' AND 'WRECKERS' SHOT NOT WORTH POOR TREATMENT OF WORKERS 2 of 4 Collectivisation - Failure RESISTANCE - UNPOPULAR IDEA AMONG RUSSIANS DESTRUCTION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK STALIN HAD TO GIVE PEOPLE INCENTIVES TO COLLECTIVISE FARMS LATER FORCIBLY COLLECTIVISED - THOSE WHO REFUSED WERE SHOT FALL IN PRODUCTION GRAIN PRODUCTION FELL FROM 84 TO 68 MILLION TONS FROM 1930-33 LIVESTOCK FELL - SHEEP AND GOATS 178-78 MILLION HUMAN COST TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIFE ENDED FAMINE FROM 1932-33 KILLED OVER 5 MILLION PEASANTS OVER 5 MILLION KULAKS LIQUIDISED PROPAGANDA PERPETUATED MYTH OF HAPPY WORKER 3 of 4 Collectivisation - Success BY 1937 NEARLY ALL FARMS COLLECTIVISED EFFECTIVE PLAN - PLAN TO COLLECTIVISE HAD WORKED MECHANISATION OF FARMING MORE EFFICIENTLY INCREASED PRODUCTION AFTER 1933 FREED UP TO 17 MILLION WORKERS TO CITIES HOWEVER OVERCROWDING WAS COMMON PROBLEM GROWING NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL WORKERS COULD BE FED (ALTHOUGH RATIONING COMMON) ALLOWED STALIN TO TAKE GRAIN FROM FARMERS AT LOW COST COULD BE EXPORTED OVERSEAS SPREAD COMMUNISM TO COUNTRYSIDE BENEFITS FOR PEASANTS COLLECTIVES BUILT SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS 4 of 4
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