creation of a socialist economy 1917-41

What type of economy did lenin have vs stalin

Mixed vs command

By 1923 how much of retail trade did nepmen control

75%

What was the great chnage

Radical shift for a move to central planning making gov reponsible for economic planning

What did great turn involve

Abandoning nep for rapid state controlled industrialisation and forced collectivisation of agriculture

Aim of collective agriculture

Produce surplus so some peasants can move to factories for industrialusation

How was nep by 1927

Failing to produce the growth needed to investing into industrialisation

What scared russia into industrialisation

Nearly went to war with japan, exposed weak military strength

Why did ussr need to be less reliant of foreign imports

Capitalist enemies

On a personal level why did stalin want a command economy

More power and secures his leadership

When was the end of the nep announced alongside the start of the great turn

Dec 1927, 15th party congress

When was the large manmade famine

1932/33

How many peasants died in famine

10-15 million

Issues with central planning of economy

• hierarchal

• No expertise

• Decreases product quality

• Cuases them to lie

What was the rationale for collectivisation

Adequate food supplies

Remove kulaks

What is the word for getting rid of kualks

Dekulakisation

What was the scissor crisis

Food prices drop, industrial prices rise

What is collectivisation nicknamed

The second serfdom

When did stalin launch forced collectivisation

1929

What did stalin argue in favour of at 15th party congress

Cooperative farms, increasing mechanisation and supporting voluntary collectivisation

What method did stalin support in 1928

The ural siberian method of grain requisitioning which resulted in rural unrest

By 1930 what % of peasants collectivised

25

By 1941 what % of peasants collectivised

100