The railways, particularly the Trans-Siberian railway, also gave Eastern Russia a link to Europe and Western Russia a link to the Pacific Ocean, which made it easier to export Russian goods. Therefore the Russian governments’ investment in railways was extremely successful in promoting economic growth. The Russian government was also successful in improving Russia’s heavy industry through the introduction of tariffs on imports. This clearly helped Russian heavy industry to expand as steel production increase eightfold from 1880 to 1905 and petroleum production increased over 2500% during the same time period. These tariffs, introduced by Vyshnedgradsky and continued by Witte, both increased revenue for the government and made
Also writers, artists and musicians were made to produce works or realism glorifying soviet achievements. This appealed to patriotism and made the legacy of the Stalinist system strong[2]. Also the fact that Stalin succeeded in galvanising the nation meant the Stalinist system was well suited to the demands of total war as it was already centrally planned[3]. This advantage led to Stalin being a successful leader of the USSR in those years. Stalin’s economic strategies led to the successful growth of industrialism and modernisation of the USSR.
It was Stalin’s position as General Secretary and other factors that that contributed to his success. Stalin may have lacked brilliance, but he had great ability. His particular qualities of perseverance and willingness to undertake laborious administrative work were ideally suited to the time. After working his way up the ladder within the party since 1917 when he became People’s Commissar for Nationalities, he gained respect and trust from other members of the Party. He evolved from being in charge of just the officials in the regions and republics that made up the USSR to being rewarded with the highest position as General Secretary in 1922.
Evidently, Industries like coal steel and iron grew enormously. For instance Coal production in 1928 prior to the five year plan was 36million tonnes, and in 1932 it was 65 million tonnes. Furthermore, Magnitogorsk which was constructed during the first five year plan aided the trebling of steel production during the second year plan. However, the production of crude oil only rose marginally, from 29 million tonnes in 1037 to 31 million tonnes in 1940. Additionally the production of steel stagnated.
In 1928, Joseph Stalin became one of the world’s most contentious leaders. During the period that Stalin was in control of mother Russia, he transformed the Soviet Union into a modern super power. He used certain methods to change Russia. He did this by modernizing the Russian economy with his Five Year Plans. He also increased industrial and agricultural production with his policy of collectivization.
How successful were Stalin's industrial policies in developing the Russian economy in the years 1928-41? Stalin took power in the USSR in 1928. He immediately began the Five Year Plans. His aim was to modernise Soviet industry, and bridge the gap between the Western Democracies (including Nazi Germany). Despite their inaccurate names (none of them actually lasted 5 years), these economic experiments laid the foundation for the emergence of the USSR as a world superpower.
This is why we have groups of people able of bargaining with employers to make the work industry fair for everyone. A union is an association of workers established to improve economic and social conditions in a company. Their main job is to bargain with employers for better wages and better working conditions. They are also involved in lobbying and have a right to support favorable candidates in politics. Unions lobby to improve hours, wages, and working conditions in a certain company.
a. Document 2 i. “People left other occupations and came to spinning for the sake of high wages” ii. The witness saw what was going on in the factories and since they experienced working in the working class, they have a better understanding of the people and how it was ran. b.
By 1893 he became Minister of Finance. Witte combined his experience in the railway industry with a strong interest in foreign policy. He encouraged the expansion of the Trans-Siberian Railway and organized the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Witte also played an important role in helping to increase the speed of Russia's industrial development. Witte was much admired in Russia but he made some powerful enemies, including Vyacheslav Plehve, Minister of the Interior.
This is shown by how there GDP is high, and the very large population. Productivity in China has also significantly increased in the last few decades. There are many different natural resources that can be found on China for example: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminium, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest). China can make huge amounts of money by selling its natural resources to other countries where they may not be able to extract these resources from their own country. In 2006, out of all the consumer electrics in the world, 80% was exported from China.