The post-war economy
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Describe the content of the decision of 5 February 1946 in 3 sentences.
Restoring and expanding cotton in 1946–1953; assigning food-crop land to cotton; 1946 area 779,000 hectares.
2
List the negative effects of the cotton monoculture named in the textbook.
Food production fell, supplies became harder, ecology was damaged and public health worsened.
3
Find the difference between the Uzbek and Kazakh areas in the Mirzachul plan (hectares).
100000
4
What did the change of December 1947 mean for people? Write 2 sentences.
Goods could be bought without ration cards and prices were lowered, but the textbook says living standards did not improve markedly.