FYP SA Validation Palmcards

Dates of first FYP

1928-1932

When was ‘A year of change’ published

1929 12th Anniversary of October revolution

3 good years

1933-1936

Coal production goals 1st FYP

35 million tonnes in 1927-28 increase to 75 million tonnes by 1932-33 (Siegelbaum, 2016)

Output increase 1st FYP

350% increase in industrial output (Neill, 2023)

Deaths 1st FYP

Between 4.6 million and 8.5 million people died of starvation or disease between 1930 and 1933 (Figes, 2014)

Rearmament spending

Spending in rearmament rose from 4% of GDP in 1933 to 17% of GDP in 1937 (Whitten, 2023)

Great Terror deaths

Estimates vary but most experts say 750 000 people executed in great terror (Sullivan, 2018)

Red army executed

Stalin had 30 000 members of the Red Army executed (Sullivan, 2018)

Shoe shop

Queue of 6000 people formed outside shoe shop in Leningrad 1934 (Whitten, 2023)

Aircraft target

Target being the annual production capacity of 50 000 aircraft by 1942 (Livesay, 2023)

Aircraft reality

Highest was 35 000 in 1944 (Livesay, 2023)

Shop per people

By 1941 there was only one shop per 476 people (average) (Whitten, 2023)