lenin
The year that the NEP was established
What is 1921?
Process that involved merging farms together and pooling resources together to encourage agricultural growth
What is collectivisation?
This reform was introduced by Khrushchev but failed because he modelled it after USA farming and did not take the climate difference into acccount
What is The Corn Campaign?
The "second economy" of Russia that grew under Brezhnevs rule because of his horrific economic decisions
What is the black market?
How many tonnes of grain were produced in 1921?
38 million tonnes
This crisis was created by the NEP and created a gap between farmers income and industrial prices
What is the scissor crisis?
This movement encouraged workers to work harder in return for rewards and more praise
What is Stakhanovite?
The year the Virgin Land Scheme was introduced
What is 1953?
Brezhnev cut production of this much beloved item which caused a decline in the economy (my favourite drink)
What is vodka?
What percentage of products were wasted due to bad storage facilities?
40%
This group of economic experts were designed to co-ordinate economic production and ensure factories were managed properly
What is the Vesenkha?
11 million of this animal were killed as an act of rebellion by the peasants against the FYPs
What are pigs?
The seven year plan created a 60% increase in this section of economy that was forgotten during Stalin's reign
What is consumer goods?
These reforms were named after a man who advocated for money to be invested into light industry - they were cut due to rebellions in Czechoslovakia
What are the Kosygin reforms?
The percentage that farm production increased by in the years 1952-56?
250%
This rebellion in 1920-21 fought against grain requisitioning
What is the Tambov rebellion?
The type of economy that Russia had that ensured the government could control everything that happened
What is a command economy?
What area of economy had 11% of the GDP spent on it in 1964 due to a series of nuclear standoffs with the USA
What is the military?
Brezhnev sacrificed the economy to achieve nuclear parity with this country
What is the USA?
What had oil production had increased to by 1980?
603 million tonnes
The work day was extended to this many hours in 1918
What is eleven?
This is the year the Moscow Metro opened
What is 1935?
This percentage of the USSR population worked in agriculture, contradictory to 5% of the population in the USA
What is 50%?
Brezhnev imported this from the west to achieve low food prices and better living standards
What is grain?
How many cattle were killed by peasants during the FYPs?
26 million