Economic Developments and Collectivisation in the USSR

Flashcards covering key concepts related to Stalin's economic developments and the process of collectivisation in the USSR.

The primary aim of Stalin's policies was to __ the USSR as quickly as possible.

industrialise and modernise.

Stalin believed that socialism could only be created in a __ state.

highly industrialised.

The Five-Year Plans were introduced by Stalin between and .

1928 and 1941.

The __ was a process by which small farms were merged into large farms managed by the state.

collectivisation.

Stalin's first Five-Year Plan ran from to .

October 1928 to December 1932.

One reason for collectivisation was to abolish __ property and replace it with state-run farming.

private.

Stalin wanted to reduce the USSR's dependence on __ manufactured goods.

Western.

The second Five-Year Plan lasted from to .

January 1933 to December 1937.

Stalin’s opposition to the __ was a key reason for his rise to power in the 1920s.

NEP.

Collectivisation was introduced due to concerns about the __ of the NEP.

failings.

By 1928, the NEP was failing as agricultural production fell and kulaks were accused of __.

holding back socialism.