Industrial and Agricultural Change: Economic Priorities, 1953–85 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Year Brezhnev returned to Five-Year Plans from Seven-Year Plans
Year Brezhnev returned to Five-Year Plans from Seven-Year Plans
1966
Duration of Kosygin reforms (month/year start to end)
Duration of Kosygin reforms (month/year start to end)
January 1968 to August 1968 (8 months)
Event that discredited Kosygin's economic reforms in 1968
Event that discredited Kosygin's economic reforms in 1968
Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia
Year USSR achieved nuclear parity with USA
Year USSR achieved nuclear parity with USA
1970
Soviet military spending as % GDP: 1964 vs 1970
Soviet military spending as % GDP: 1964 vs 1970
11% (1964) to 13% (1970)
Brezhnev's concept replacing promise of full communism by 1980
Brezhnev's concept replacing promise of full communism by 1980
Developed socialism
Term for illegal economic activity outside state control in USSR
Term for illegal economic activity outside state control in USSR
Second economy (or black economy)
Andropov's key diagnosis of economic problem (1982-84)
Andropov's key diagnosis of economic problem (1982-84)
Poor labour discipline (corruption, drunkenness, absenteeism)
Growth from new factories vs improved efficiency of existing ones
Growth from new factories vs improved efficiency of existing ones
Extensive growth vs intensive growth
Soviet growth rate: 1950-58 vs 1970s (% per year)
Soviet growth rate: 1950-58 vs 1970s (% per year)
7.1% (1950-58) vs 2% (1970s)