the USSR 1917-1991:theme 2. industrial and agricultural change. key words

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collectivisation
policy of creating larger agricultural units where peasants farm as a group
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command economy
an economy that is controlled and directed by the state
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state capitalism
term given by Lenin to the transitional stage between old economy and new proletariat economy
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bartering
paying for goods with other goods rather than money, system of exchange
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nepman
term of abuse used by Bolsheviks to describe those private trades who benefited from the NEP
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gulag
chief administration of corrective labour camps. became a vast system of forced labour camps
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Bourgeois experts
term used to describe former managers and owners of industry who were given jobs as their skills were desperately needed
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holodomor
death by starvation. applied to Stalins actions against the Ukraine during collectivisation
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light industry
term for industries that are involved in manufacturing goods, often household products
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supply and demand
principle by which prices are decided in free market economy
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socialism in one county
slogan used to describe the policy of industrialising the USSR and moving towards socialism
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superindustrialisers
those within the communist party who believed that agricultural surpluses should be seized by the state in order to invest in industry
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military-industrial complex
powerful bloc created by links between the armed forces and the sectors of the economy involved in the manufacture of military products
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black market
an illegal market that existed beyond the control of the government
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black economy
the 'second economy' was the term used to describe the spread of the black markets influence after the death of Stalin
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an economy that is controlled and directed by the state

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command economy

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term given by Lenin to the transitional stage between old economy and new proletariat economy

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paying for goods with other goods rather than money, system of exchange

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term of abuse used by Bolsheviks to describe those private trades who benefited from the NEP

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