Industrialisation (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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Who launched Soviet industrialisation?

Stalin and the Communist Party

What did Marxist theory say socialist countries must become?

Industrialised nations

Stalin's rival who supported NEP

Nikolai Bukharin

What was the scissors crisis?

Food prices fell, manufactured goods remained expensive

Gosplan stands for

State Planning Committee

First Five-Year Plan: dates & focus

1928-32, heavy industry

Second Five-Year Plan: dates & focus

1933-37, efficiency & quality

Third Five-Year Plan: dates & focus

1938-41, military production

How many factories built 1928-1937?

5000

Soviet production problem

Quantity over quality emphasis

Stakhanovite Movement purpose

Propaganda promoting worker productivity

Who was Aleksey Stakhanov?

Coalminer who reportedly mined 14x his quota

Stakhanov's quota achievement

14 times assigned quota

Year Party committed to rapid industrialisation

1926

What ended Third Plan in 1941?

German invasion

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