The Five-Year Plans and Industrial Change, 1928–41 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

Radical policies ending NEP, transforming USSR to industrial state

Soviet central economic agency setting production targets

100 years behind, could close gap in 15 years

Highly productive workers given higher pay and rewards

102 tons in 6 hours - 14 times average output

5.05 to 48.30 milliard kWhs - over 9 times

One-third of total government spending

Up to 40% of production wasted in some industries

Command: targets + propaganda, not coordinated resource planning

Often exceeded 1,000 people