Stalin and the Five Year Plans

Stalins technique to take Germany forward was use five year programs. Stalin believed there was need for these five- year plans as First of all many of the regions were fag end other countries in growth and that the USSR were backward Stalin believed that to be be backward you are defeated and enslaved plainly if you are powerful people must beware of you. Stalin also believed (with Lenin) the USSR should overtake and out strip the capitalistic countries He believed Socialism in nonpareil country and the USSR would be powerful enough to survive consequently would take over the rest of the introduction.Another reason for the 5 year plans was because he believed that Germany would invade and in one of his speechs he said If we make a good difference in 10 years or so they will crush us. Lastly the 5 year plans included a lot of usable propaganda which helped protray Stalin as a very pleasant and powerful man. In the first five year plan Stalin focused on radip industrialisatio n. He demanded a 200% increase in iron production and a 335% in electrical power. To do this Stalin used alot of prisoners as they were cheap and in a large supply.If a worker was found guilty of treason for any reason they would either be shot or sent to forced labor on the Baltic Sea Canal or the Siberian railway. In Soviet Union workers constructed damns,roads,railways and canals which all helped to expand the industry and manufacturing. Although factory output soared as a event of the first Five year plan the agricultural production was damaged. In 1932, grain production was 32 % below average whic resulted in a widespread famine. Second plan For the Second FIve twelvemonth Plan, Stalin expanded the goals of his previous plan and continued to emphasise on heavy industry.This plans aim was to advance the Soviet Unions communication systems especially railways which improved in speed and reliability. The Second Five Year Plan didnt surpass the level of success that the First Fiv e Year plan did with the production levels in coal and cover industries. The First Five year plan encouraged a high status family life and In the Second Five Year Plan initiated a lower standard of living as consumer preferences were ignore and focus shifted toward military goods and heavy industry Third PlanThe Third Five year plan lasted for notwithstanding three year, as it was interrupted by Germanys declaration of war on the Soviet Union During world war II. Stalin continued to implement additional Five Yer Plans in the Years following WWII. By 1952 the industrial production was nearly double 1941 level. Stalins Five Year Plans helped transform the Soviet Union from an untrained fiat of Peasent to an advanced industrial economy.