Chapter 11 - The Great Turn

Themes: Collectivisation (green) Industrialisation (yellow) Economic Growth (blue) Ideology (purple) Terror (red)

By ____ Less than _% of peasants on collectivised farms

• 1928

• 5%

voluntary collectives, aka _____, included __% of peasant families.

• kolkhoz

• 75%

State farms, also called, _____, were made from confiscated land given given to peasants by the state. They received more state aid and support.

sovhoz

Grain purchased by gov in 1927 was down __% due to the state’s fixed prices.

25%

Urals-Siberia method of forced grain requisitioning was used in ___ after a good harvest, but only __ procurement.

• 1928

• 2/3

The first 5 year plan aimed to boost overall production by ___% by focusing on heavy industry

300%

Magnitogorsk, the soviet model steel city, was inspired by __ ____ ______’s technology which a ____ delegation saw on a trip to ____.

• US Steel company

• 1928

• ohio

What was the 5 year plan’s target for electricity?

600%

what was the 5 year plan’s target for light industry?

200%

Name 2 Central Planning bodies

• Veshenka

• Gosplan

Dnieprostroi Dam increased electric output by ___% when it was finished in ____, however this fell short of the target of ___%

• 500%

• 1932

• 600%

Quality Steel production increased by ___%

300%

Private plots produced __% of fruit and veg, as well as __% of meat and dairy

• 50%

• 70%

What proportion of livestock were killed in protest of collectivisation?

25-30%

_ million wooden ploughs were still in use by 1927

5

Real wages were barely more in ___ than in ____

• 1928

• 1913

The 1927 war scare was caused after the __ broke off diplomatic relations and the _____ navy posed a national security threat.

• Uk

• Japanese

The Great Turn

A dramatic shift in economic focus away from the NEP to rapid industrialisation at all costs.

Under NEP, living conditions were very poor, with _ -_ people sharing a room

6-7

Law of 7/8 1932

• criminalised stealing socialised goods (eg. grain)

• punishable by 10yr sentence

• later death

1931 Ukraine Grain Target

7 million tons

1931 Total Grain export of __ tons could have fed __ million people for a year

• 4

• 12

Machine + Tractor Stations took __% of grain for services, and each had a political office attached.

20%

The _____ ____ _______ were urban party activists in ___ who were given _ weeks training and sent to aid in the collectivisation effort.

• Twenty Five Thousanders

• 1929

• 2

deaths during famine

5 million