The ‘Great Turn’ (AQA A-Level History): Quizzes
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What period did the 'Great Turn' occur, marking the transition from Leninist policies to Stalinism?
What period did the 'Great Turn' occur, marking the transition from Leninist policies to Stalinism?
1927-1929
What did the New Economic Policy (NEP) represent as a compromise in 1921?
What did the New Economic Policy (NEP) represent as a compromise in 1921?
Limited capitalism with state control
Which three factors hampered industrial production under the NEP?
Which three factors hampered industrial production under the NEP?
Strikes, inefficiency, low mechanisation
How many peasant families typically worked together in a kolkhoz farm cooperative?
How many peasant families typically worked together in a kolkhoz farm cooperative?
Around 75 families
What percentage of peasants worked on collective farms by 1928?
What percentage of peasants worked on collective farms by 1928?
Less than 5%
How much less grain did the government purchase in the 1927-28 crisis compared to the previous year?
How much less grain did the government purchase in the 1927-28 crisis compared to the previous year?
25% less
What did Bukharin conclude the Party needed to do in his April 1925 report?
What did Bukharin conclude the Party needed to do in his April 1925 report?
Encourage peasants to enrich themselves
When did the Fifteenth Party Congress announce the end of the NEP and start of the Five Year Plan?
When did the Fifteenth Party Congress announce the end of the NEP and start of the Five Year Plan?
December 1927
What was one ideological reason driving the Great Turn?
What was one ideological reason driving the Great Turn?
Impatience to revert to 'true' communism
According to R.W. Davies, why did the NEP need to be changed by the late 1920s?
According to R.W. Davies, why did the NEP need to be changed by the late 1920s?
It couldn't provide large-scale industry