Unit Three > Chapter 27 pp 132 to 138

1. Lenin's New Economic Policy was an admission of something. Of what was it an admission? test

2. Of what were the hammer and sickle symbols?

3. What were the richer peasants called?

4. What policy did the "right-wing deviationists" favour?

5. What economic policy did the "Left Opposition" support?

6. Which group did Stalin support between 1923 and 1927?

7. Who was the leader of the "Left Opposition" and what happened to him?

8. What slogan did Stalin adopt for the industrialization of the USSR?

9. What was Gosplan?

10. What was it asked to do which was different in 1927?

11. What kind of force would the new plan have?

12. What type of economy is this called?

13. As you read the rest of the chapter, fill out this chart with the appropriate numbers: THE FIVE-YEAR PLANS Industry 1st Five Year Plan 2nd Five Year Plan Actual Target Actual Target Actual prod. 1927 Electricity Coal Oil Pig-iron Steel

14. What problems did the Five-Year Plan set out to solve?

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15. What method did the plan use to solve them?

16. What was the only clear element of the plan when it went into effect?

17. Why did Stalin order a temporary halt to collectivization in 1930?

18. What percentage of peasants was collectivized by July 1932?

19. What happened to the size of the harvest after collectivization?

20. What happened to the amount of grain the state took?

21. What happened to the kulaks?

22. How close did the 1st Five-Year Plan come to achieving its targets?

23. By how may millions did the labour force in large-scale industry increase over the 1st Five-Year Plan?

24. By how many millions did the urban population increase during the 1st Five-Year Plan?

25. What Marxist principle was sacrificed in the cause of industrialization?

26. How were failures to achieve targets explained? Who was blamed?

27. What organization had the job of destroying opposition and terrorizing the people into obedience?

28. What was the gulag?

29. When was the 2nd Five-Year Plan drawn up?

30. Why was Kirov shot?

31. This assassination signalled the start of what?

32. What were held in 1936 and 1937?

33. What proportion of the members and candidates of the Central Committee were shot?

34. What organization was purged next?

35. What proportion of peasants had been collectivized by 1937?

36. How many more people were added to Russia's cities during the 2nd Five-Year Plan?

Links:

A Learning Curve Hroes and Villains page on Stalin and the industrialization of Russia. http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/g4/

John Clare's revision page on Russia 1917-1941. Has good stuff on Russia during the 1930's. http://www.johndclare.net/Russ1.htm

The SchoolHistory revision page on Russia

Active History's new simulation exercise on Stalin's modernization of Russia