Source: https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-3-1-economic-recovery [Revision notes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes.md) › [IGCSE](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse.md) › [History](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history.md) › [Edexcel IGCSE](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse.md) › Economic Recovery # Economic Recovery History: Edexcel IGCSE USSR, 1924-1953, topic 5.3.1 ## Post-War Recovery The USSR had been damaged by WW2. The Fourth Five-year plan was aimed to rebuild the Soviet economy. ### Impact of WW2 ![Impact of WW2](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-08/096e623e-2f61-4cb0-a594-d2c5e6e4af45/Stalingrad%20street%20fighting%20(copyright%20checked).jpg) - The Soviet Union lost 25 million people. - 70% of the USSR’s industries were destroyed. - 60% of the USSR’s transport facilities were destroyed. - 1,700 cities were destroyed. ### Fourth five year plan ![Fourth five year plan](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/courseImages/biology/7.2.1%20-%20Population%20sizes/industry-1752876_640-min.jpg) - In 1946, Stalin announced his new five year plan. - The fourth five year plan focussed on heavy industry and technology. - E.g. Ukraine’s output in 1950 surpassed its pre-war levels. - This five-year plan was interpreted by the West as a sign that the USSR did not want peace. - In response, Kennan wrote his ‘Long Telegram’. ### Reparations ![Reparations](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/courseImages/chemistry/6.1.1%20Calculating%20rates%20of%20reactions/6.1.1_profit-min.jpg) - The USSR rebuilt its economy using reparations from Germany. - E.g. the Soviet Union took control of 3,500 German factories. ### COMECON ![COMECON](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-09/c8040921-3e2d-40bb-9542-c17d1dc6cd66/shaking-hands.jpg) - In 1949, COMECON was established. This was designed to unite the Eastern Bloc economically. ## Test yourself on Economic Recovery - How many people died in the Soviet Union? - Who wrote the Long Telegram? [Practise this topic for free](https://app.senecalearning.com/classroom/course/f1dc4f79-6e3d-4596-a089-7367ed6fee1e/section/339d2fd6-78b0-4ccf-8c5d-30485d7c4e04/session) - Previous topic: [5.2.2 Post-War Consolidation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-2-2-post-war-consolidation.md) - Next topic: [5.3.2 The USSR by 1953](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-3-2-the-ussr-by-1953.md) ## History: Edexcel IGCSE USSR, 1924-1953 contents ### 1 The Leadership Struggle, 1924-1929 - 1.1 Struggle for Power 1924-28 - [1.1.1 Stalin & his Rivals](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/1-1-1-stalin-and-his-rivals.md) - [1.1.2 The End of Lenin & Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/1-1-2-the-end-of-lenin-and-stalin.md) - [1.1.3 Stalin & the Communist Party](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/1-1-3-stalin-and-the-communist-party.md) ### 2 Five Year Plans & Collectivisation - 2.1 Changes in Industry - [2.1.1 Industrialisation & Gosplan](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-1-1-industrialisation-and-gosplan.md) - 2.2 Agriculture & Collectivisation - [2.2.1 Five Year Plans & Grain Hoarding](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-2-1-five-year-plans-and-grain-hoarding.md) - [2.2.2 Collectivisation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-2-2-collectivisation.md) - [2.2.3 Kulaks](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-2-3-kulaks.md) ### 3 Purges, Show Trials & The Cult of Stalin - 3.1 The Use of Terror in the 1930s - [3.1.1 Purges](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-1-purges.md) - [3.1.2 NKVD](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-2-nkvd.md) - [3.1.3 Show Trials](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-3-show-trials.md) - [3.1.4 Labour Camps](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-4-labour-camps.md) - 3.2 Propaganda & Censorship - [3.2.1 Art & Religion Under Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-1-art-and-religion-under-stalin.md) - [3.2.2 Media & the Cult of Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-2-media-and-the-cult-of-stalin.md) - [3.2.3 The Cult of Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-3-the-cult-of-stalin.md) - [3.2.4 History](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-4-history.md) ### 4 Life in the Soviet Union, 1924-1941 - 4.1 Life in the Soviet Union - [4.1.1 Living Conditions & Ethnic Minorities in the USSR](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/4-1-1-living-conditions-and-ethnic-minorities-in-the-ussr.md) ### 5 The Second World War, 1941-1953 - 5.1 USSR in the War - [5.1.1 1941-1942](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-1-1-1941-1942.md) - [5.1.2 1943-1945](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-1-2-1943-1945.md) - 5.2 Stalin & WW2 - [5.2.1 Stalin's Popularity](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-2-1-stalins-popularity.md) - [5.2.2 Post-War Consolidation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-2-2-post-war-consolidation.md) - 5.3 Post-War Recovery - [5.3.1 Economic Recovery](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-3-1-economic-recovery.md) - [5.3.2 The USSR by 1953](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-3-2-the-ussr-by-1953.md)