Failures

What was wrong with the working conditions?

They were unsafe and labour discipline was harsh

What happened with the free market? What did it lead to instead?

They did not destroy the free market, instead led to the formation of a black market due to shortage of consumer goods

What did targets do? What was the result of this?

Only aimed at high quantity, not high quality. As a result,materials produced were effectively useless

What was muvh of Soviet industry built by?

‘White coal’

What was a failure in terms of living standards?

They were poor due to meagre rations and poor diet. Consumer goods disappeared, and there was a 7day working week

What happened with the official targets? What was part of the local administrators

Many of them were not met however large scale fraud was part of the local administrators, allowed Stalin to claim that the plan had been overfulfilled

What happened to local party officials who failed to meet their production targets?

They weredemoted, sacked or in extreme cases executed