Wednesday 3 April 2013

2. Positive and Negative impacts of Stalin's Rule

1.Women's entry into the workforce:
The Soviet constitution, as well as the international communist movement, guaranteed equal rights to women.After the October Revolution,Russia legalised abortion and divorce so that women could have more control over their own lives without inter fence from their husbands.Stalin's industrialisation efforts encouraged women to enter the workforce and become productive members of the economy.State-run childcare centres were built to work in the factories.


2.Healthcare,education and sanitation for people:
To ensure that people were well to work,Stalin ensured his workers were given proper healthcare and tired to educate them to increase the production rate as he wanted good work which was carried out efficiently,he ensured that his people were taken good care of.

Source: Textbook Pg57 and http://runawayhistory.tumblr.com/post/22260116389/impacts-of-stalins-rule




Negative Impact on Collectivisation

Stalin wanted to secure food supply for factory workers but this cause famine. Severe food shortages ocured because the farmers burnt their crops and grew less food rather than send the crops to the communist officers . This led up to 7 million people to died of starvation. Most of the people decided to kill their own animals rather than handing them to the state ,because the farmers only can sell a low price to the state.


Negative Impact on Rapid Industrialisation

The Five-Year Plans was to produce equipments for mechanisation of farming such as tractors. Fewer farm workers would be needed and they can go to the cities to become factory workers, so more crops and grain will be produce but this causes some parts of the economy to face underproduction because factories were lack of materials and other factories overproduced to exceed the target. This resulted in a great deal of wastage as some parts were overproduced.




Source : Textbook and Notes.


Done and Edited by Trina and WeiMing.

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