2) to what extent was a "classless" society made

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classless society

  • the class enemies of the revolution were the burzhui

  • nov 1917: official abolition of class hierarchy- everyone a citizen

  • burzhui not allowed to work and forced to roadsweep, houses were requisitioned

  • continued into civil war as burzhui not given any rations, middle class turned to prostition

  • reprive during NEP: needed “specialists” for economic growth

  • after NEP class-based attack continued


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burzhui

against aristocrats, priests, merchants, anyone “well dressed”

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“socialist man”

  • committed to community

  • social responsibility

  • give service to state


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the proletariot

  • internal passsports issued to stop workers leaving employment

  • 1921: workers could be imprisoned/ shot if they failed to meet targets

  • unions became a means of keeping workers under control

  • harsh living/working conditions

  • peasants herded into collectives and more emmigrated

  • 7 day worming week/ longer working hours

  • arriving late/ missing work- dismissal, evicition, loss of benefits

  • striked = illegal

  • 1931: wage differentiald, bonuses, payment by rice- diverse proletariot

  • stakhonovite movement- increased socialist competition

  • new proletarion elite


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1932 population

double urban labour forces

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stakhanovite movement

1935: miner extracted 14 times more than average miner (over 100 tonnes)

  • competitions arranged for others to emulate his success


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1936 production du to stakhanovite movement

production increased on average by 10%

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stalins industrialisation

  • purges reduced competition- more spaces at top

  • living conditions in countryside remained primitive

  • workers: cramped communal appartments, erratic water supplies

  • public transport over-crowded

  • wages increased by 2nd 5 year plan, still lower in 1937 than they had been in 1928

  • rationing phased out in 1935 but market prices high

  • those in positions of importance could obtain goods more cheaply- not the case for ordinary workers


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classless society created

  • class based attacks on burzhui

  • nov 1917- abolition of class, everyone labeled a “citizen”


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classless society not created

  • starkhavonite movement- more priviledged workers

  • NEP- “specialists” needed