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11 Cards in this Set
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Why were the 5 year plans introduced?
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To catch up with the West
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What did Stalin say about catching up with the rest?
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"We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or we shall be crushed."
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What was collectivisation?
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Merging smaller farms into one
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Why was collectivisation needed?
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- To make it more efficient and provide more food
- To ensure the workers were well fed and could therefore work harder for the good of Russia |
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What came along with collectivisation?
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- The crops of 1932-33 failed and famine swept the nation
- Estimated death toll ranges from 3 - 8 million, mainly in Ukraine - Peasants were not allowed to eat their own produce or faced being - The famine was initially denied and called "anti-Soviet propaganda. Information about it only came around between 1990-91 |
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How many 5 year plans were there?
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3
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What was the first 5 year plan?
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It focused on agriculture and involved things like collectivisation and also involved the elimination of the Kulaks
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What year was the first 5 year plan?
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1928–1933
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What was the second 5 year plan?
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It focused on "new" industries to industrialse Russia such as railway improvements and made them one of the major steel-producing countries of the world. A 12% to 13% rate of annual industrial growth was attained in the Soviet Union during the 1930s
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What year was the second 5 year plan?
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1933–1937 (It was so successful -it finished early!)
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What was the third 5 year plan?
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It focused on rebuilding the Army after Stalin had
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