Stalin's Social Imapct
State Control of society
Private Enterprises are illegal
The state was the only distributor of goods.
Long queues were common as industries could not meet all the needs of people.
Members of the working class were given preferential treatment.
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Fall In standard of living
Shortage of housing
Worsened by the fact that industrialization caused many people to move to the city
Many forced to live in cramped conditions with little or no running water and poor sanitation
Minority Nationalities
Republics and minority races were controlled by Stalin.
Allowed to keep their language and ethnics but leaders were all elected and controlled by Moscow
People who wanted more independence or hated Russia were arrested and shot.
Compulsory Education and literacy rates
Education made compulsory for 9 years for free and loaded with communist propaganda
Lteracy rates rose from 40% to 94% for males and 13% to 64% for females.
Famine
Continued to sell grains even though production fell.
Resulted in the Great Famine
Lack of consumer Goods
5-Year Plans were unrealistic and focused on agricultural and industrial targets
New Soviet Man
People were encouraged to work hard and give 100% effort
Exemplary individuals called'Stakhanovites'
Women's Entry into workforce
Women were encouraged to join and childcare centres were built to help take care of children