... down, instead tractors were produced for the farms. However, the tractors were often faulty and new parts and replacements were hard to get. Khrushchev also thought that growing maize would be a good idea because it would give food for the animals and produce grain. However, Khrushchev did not plan these schemes very well, he generalised too much and geographically the site was not good. Industrially, Khrushchev reduced working hours and strictness was relaxed. There were separate councils for regional areas to make decisions of their own, after Stalin they were not able to make any fresh decisions. Space Research was also a huge factor; Khrushchev poured a lot of money to compete against USA to be the first in space. There was less money for consumer goods and food and that meant that the price of food went up and queues for food were again very long. Russians were getting embarrassed ...

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