Q.1
Which central organisation in Moscow set and enforced targets for industrial production throughout the USSR?
  • GOSPLAN
  • SOVNORM
  • ECONOPROD
  • PRODNORM
Q.2
Which feature of Moscow's public transport network was built from 1935, and soon became one of the showpieces of the Five Year Plans?
  • The inner and outer ring roads for increasing motor traffic
  • An overground railway network linking all of Moscow's existing railway termini like the Kievskaya Vokzal
  • An underground railway system, called the Moscow Metro
  • A ferry service on the River Moskva to convey thousands of commuters to and from work
Q.3
Magnitogorsk was a new industrial town. Of which mineral product did it become the largest plant in the USSR?
  • Copper
  • Steel
  • Aluminium
  • Tin
Q.4
The Belomor Canal was a major transport undertaking. Between which two Russian seas was it dug?
  • The Black Sea and the White Sea
  • The White Sea and the Baltic Sea
  • The Baltic Sea and the Black Sea
  • The Caspian Sea and the Black Sea
Q.5
Stalin dealt with criticisms of the pace and large targets of his First Five Year Plan by pointing out in a speech of October 1931 how far behind other industrial countries the USSR was. How many years did he think the Soviet Union needed to make up in order to catch up with the USA and Germany?
  • 50-100
  • 100-150
  • 150-200
  • 0-50
Q.6
A coal-miner, Alexei Stakhanov, in a six hour shift during 1935 managed to dig 102 tonnes of coal. Thereafter he became a celebrity, enjoying huge privileges, and encouraging other workers throughout the USSR. By how many times had he exceeded his production norm in that initial feat?
  • 14
  • 11
  • 3
  • 6
Q.7
Chelyabinsk was another industrial city which flourished under Stalin. Near which mountain range is it situated, where the mineral deposits had not been thoroughly exploited until Stalin's time?
  • Urals
  • Carpathians
  • Caucasus
  • Rhodopes
Q.8
Railways' existing track was modernised. Which established line had no less than 7,000 kilometres of track renewed?
  • The Leningrad to Moscow line
  • The Trans-Siberian Railway
  • The line from Baku to Archangelsk
  • The railway line between Omsk and Krasnoyarsk
Q.9
The proportion of the Russian population living in towns was 17% in What was the percentage in 1939?
  • 23%
  • 33%
  • 45%
  • 57%
Q.10
In which year did the Third Five Year Plan end, curtailed by the invasion of Soviet Russia by Hitler's Germany?
  • 1941
  • 1940
  • 1942
  • 1943
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