Industrialisation (continued)

Stakhanovites
1. Alexei Stakhanov in 1935, dug out 102 tonnes of coal/ 1 shift = X14 normal amount
  1. "Hero" of socialist labour
  2. All workers encouraged to be Stakhanovites
Womens roles
1. Women used as workers in 5 year plans
2. Thousands new creches and day-care centers
3. 1937: 40% of workers = women. (12% increases from 1928)
4. 1937: 20% of builders= women
5. 1937: 70% of jobs in health= women
6. 4/5 workers in 1932/37 = women
7. BUT : restricted divorce and less independence
8. 1936: Abortion was made illegal
  1. Birth rate increased from 25-31 thousand
9. Women with 6 or more babies payed 2000 roubles/year
Belomor Canal
1. 100,000 died making the canal
2. Representation of poor working conditions in Russia
3. Most workers =prisoners ( Jews, political opponents and Kulaks)
Other
1. Wages fell 1928-37
  1. 1932: man+woman = 1 man/ 1 woman in 1928
  2. Late 1930's : many soviets had well-paid skilled jobs
2. Minorities like Cossacks and Jews attacked + suffered racism
3. "Muslims hold back industrialisation in Central Asia" --> leaders imprisoned, mosques closed
4. No unemployment
5. Education= free + compulsory
6. 1940: more doctors/head than Britain
7. Homosexuality banned
8. 1935: Law made children over 12 considered as adults to stop juvenile crime

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