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ECONOMY
Brezhnev
stagnation - 2%
centralization, collective leadership with no fixed terms
led to gerontocracy and oligarchy, and a lack of expertise
MI Complex
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Brezhnev got involved with war in Afghanistan, continued until after his death
Russia was very patriotic, hence Brezhnev's over 100 medals
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productivity
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'we pretend to work, they pretend to pay us'
Agriculture
26% of spending devoted to agriculture, but farms produced just 1/6 of grain that USA did
1% of land was private, but produced 25% of food
Stalin
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White Sea Canal 1933
100,000 gulag prisoners used to build, 25,000 died in first winter
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western tourists amazed, great for propaganda purposes but not actually useful
Dnieper Dam 1932
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generating 50MW, third largest power plant in the world
Agriculture
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by 1941, all kolkhozes were collectivised
Lenin
State Capitalism 1917-18
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land decree - abolish private land, quite communist
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War Communism 1918-21
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tambov uprising, civil war won
NEP 1921-27
end grain requisitioning with a 50% tax on grain, more popular to peasants
by 1925, food production rose steeply
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khrushchev
Virgin Land Scheme
by 1954, 33.5 million acres of new land cultivated
by 1956, virgin lands made up 50% of the grain harvest that year
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between 1953-58, food production rose by 50%
however, subject to drought, in 1953, a bumper crop was predicted but actually had to import grain from the west
'maize craze' as K pushed for the planting of maize, showed a lack of expertise
had to import grain from the west all throughout the 70s, a huge embarrassment
industry
introduced 7YPs, less rushed with more realistic targets
exceeded all targets, even in consumer goods
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