Five Year Plan
About the Five Year Plan
Joseph Stalin created the Five Year Plan to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union. His main purpose was to avoid repetition of Russia's humiliating defeat due to Germany in 1917, he wanted to increase the output of energy and double the amount of heavy industry such as iron, steel, coal, and machinery. Stalin wanted the Soviet Union to become self sufficient because he felt that they were falling behind and needs to catch up with the industrialized world.
The first Five Year Plan introduced in 1928 concentrated on the development of iron and steel, machine tools, electrical power, and transportation. Stalin demanded a 110% increase in coal production, 200% increase in iron production, and 335% increase in electric power. The first Five Year Plan ended a year early, 1928-1932. In the middle of the 1930s, Stalin instituted the Great Purge. It was a series of campaigns designed to get rid of Communist Party, the military, and other parts if Soviet society from those he considered as a threat. |
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin was born on December 18 1878, he grew up poor and was raised by an alcoholic and abusive father. When he was a teen he received a scholarship to attend a seminar and study the priesthood of the German Orthodox Church, but in 1899 he was expelled for missing many exams due to the Marxist Propaganda.
After being kicked out of school, he became a political agitator and joined the Marxist Social Democratic Movement, AKA the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin. As a result of this he became involved in criminal activities and was arrested many times. In 1906 Stalin married Ekaterina "Kato" Svanidze and had a son who died while in prison during World War II. Ekaterina died so Stalin remarried Nadezhda "Nadya" Alliluyeva and had 2 kids. |