Five Year plans

Question 1

What was the First year plan?

Answer 1

From 1928-32
- was introduced for rapid growth in heavy industry, such as coal, steel and iron
-By 1929 there was only 25 people living in Magnitogsk 3 years later this increased to 250,000
- ‘shock brigades’ were set as an example for being a model worker
-slave labour used to complete large project buildings such as, sea canal project which employd 18,000 prisoners by 1932 during this time 10,000 died

Question 2

What was the Second year plan?

Answer 2

From 1933-37
- higher target for production and consumer goods and also build defence
- coal production rose but oil production did not
- Moscow and lenigard became developed

Question 3

What was the Third year plans?

Answer 3

From 1938-41
- more rapid towards arms production and to meet threat of Germany

Question 4

What was the Fourth year plan?

Answer 4

From 1946-50
- The priority for this year plan was to bring back economic reconversion and reconstruction as quick as possible to pre War levels
- was after War
- this process was difficult to due to the end of the Lend-Lease ( Britian lend sources oto ussr during war which then ended)
- tarde agreements where sighed with the new soviet-dominated goverments of eastern europe

Question 5

what was the Fifth year plan?

Answer 5

1951-55
-set out achieve continued growth
- due to the chnage in arms expenditure as the military budget increased on year industry growth became less impressive
- living standers in towns started to recover, price redution eased conditions
-recovery in the country side was more slow

Question 6

what was the aims of the five year plans?

Answer 6

to industralise russia by combining centralised planning with largescale investment, fear of foreign invasion.

Question 7

What was the problems?

Answer 7

stalin priotitised heavy industry and defence rather then consumption production
- black market increased
-housing conditions were bad and lacked things such as bathhouses