Stalins Economic Policies (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards

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Stalins Economic Policies
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What was collectivisation?

Consolidating farms into state-controlled collective farms

Kolkhozes

Collective farms under Stalin's collectivisation policy

Year collectivisation began

1928

Who were kulaks?

Wealthier peasants labelled as enemies of the state

Dekulakisation

Persecution of kulaks: deportation, imprisonment, execution

What was the Holodomor?

Man-made famine in Ukraine from collectivisation

Years of the Holodomor

1932-1933

Stalin's industrialisation goal

Transform USSR from agrarian to major industrial power

First Five-Year Plan dates

1928-1932

First Five-Year Plan focus

Heavy industry: steel, coal, machinery

What was the Stakhanovite movement?

Propaganda celebrating exceptionally productive workers

What was Gosplan?

State Planning Committee overseeing Five-Year Plans

Second Five-Year Plan dates

1933-1937

USSR status by late 1930s

One of the world's leading industrial nations

Quality vs quantity issue

Factories met quotas but produced poor quality goods

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