Industrial Modernisation, 1953–64 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Examples of heavy industry under Stalin
Examples of heavy industry under Stalin
Coal, steel, and iron production
When Khrushchev launched the Seven-Year Plan
When Khrushchev launched the Seven-Year Plan
January 1959
Khrushchev's two goals for chemical production
Khrushchev's two goals for chemical production
Better fertilisers and synthetic fibres
Year Khrushchev predicted Communism would be achieved
Year Khrushchev predicted Communism would be achieved
1980
Period called 'years of maximum danger'
Period called 'years of maximum danger'
1958-62
Consumer goods production increase (%) under Seven-Year Plan
Consumer goods production increase (%) under Seven-Year Plan
60%
Number of sovnarkhoz created in 1957 reforms
Number of sovnarkhoz created in 1957 reforms
105
What Gosplan was
What Gosplan was
The central planning agency
Command economy's fundamental flaw re: consumer goods
Command economy's fundamental flaw re: consumer goods
Focused on production targets, not actual consumer needs
Joke about Khrushchev's constant economic reforms
Joke about Khrushchev's constant economic reforms
'Three plans a year'