Khrushchev, Brezhnev and the promotion of a stable society, 1952-1985
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- Khrushchev, Brezhnev and the promotion of a stable society, 1953-1985
- Full employment
- The Soviet Constitution of 1977 guaranteed its citizens employment
- Many jobs created were undemanding, repetitive and sometimes pointless
- wages rose by 50% between 1967 and 1977
- The Soviet Constitution of 1977 guaranteed its citizens employment
- Job security
- Managers often ignored low work standards as it was very difficult to dismiss someone
- A minimum wage was introduced in 1956
- The working week was reduced and the number of paid days holiday was increased in 1957
- Improved material benefits
- The Ninth Five Year Plan (1971-75) set a higher growth rate for consumer goods than heavy industry
- The nomenklatura system
- internal passport system
- you could do things like study and take part in unpaid Party activism to improve your chances
- internal passport system
- The education system
- Education became one of the most important vehicles to a social status in Soviet society
- Both boys and girls had equal access to education
- Youth groups
- provided opportunities for the young to be moulded into committed communists
- It was like Scouting for Communism- Oktoberists (5-9), Pioneers (10-14) and Komosomol (up to 28)
- provided opportunities for the young to be moulded into committed communists
- Social security benefits
- Between 1950 and 1980 state welfare spending increased by fivefold
- In 1956 the pension scheme was expanded and retirement age reduced
- Pensions tended to be insufficient so many worked part time after reaching retirement age
- Housing
- The annual amount of housing space provided by the state increased from 178 million square metres in 1951 to 394 million square metres in 1961
- Because the housing was based on pre-fabricated panels and built to a standard design the speed and cost of the buildings were good but resulted in drab and rushed housing
- Health care
- Quality of health care provisions was problematic
- In 1978 there were 2000 sanatoria and 1000 rest homes linked to medical care
- Provincial cities had fewer services and in rural areas they were primitive
- Living conditions in the countryside
- Incomes of collective farmers improved when the government introduced regular wages
- By the mid-1970s, the wages of rural workers were only 10% less than their urban counterparts
- Full employment
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