The Spirit of the Times: Progress and Industrialization During Stalin’s Five-Year Plans

In the Soviet Union, it was a cruel and diligent place during the first period of Joseph Stalin's five-year plan. Because Stalin tried to build a competitive industry with other countries, it was forced to implement the plan. Stalin himself said, "It is great to be late for developed countries that are 50 to 100 years ahead, and we have to extend this distance within 10 years. Whatever they do, we will crush us "Stimulate the feelings of workers at the time, good resources are time and progress.

The most obvious "success" of Stalin is a five-year plan that is responsible for the explosive growth of industries in the 1930s. But what extent is Stalin responsible for these plans? Is there a better way to carry out industrialization through Bukarin's idea? Revisionist historians consider the extent of Stalin's rule. In the case of the five-year plan, the revisionists may think that Stalin's policy is formed mainly by the pressure of the civilians in the party. The deterministic historians further adopt this view and say that Stalin is a product of social and economic environment and the only impossible which unique, impressive and barbaric progress like industrial explosion has taken place It is a route. . There are many reasons for these discussions, but are not we products of the external environment and pressure? Perhaps Stalin made a gradual but reactive decision?

On October 1, 1928, Stalin announced the start of the industrialization plan for the first five years that lasted until December 31, 1932. Stalin explained that it is a new revolution. When the plan began, the Soviet Union ranked fifth in industrialization, and with the great success of the first five year plan, it rose to second place, and only the United States was ranked first. This program was very successful in a short period of time than I expected. When the plan was first proposed, it was immediately rejected as too modest. After that, the target increased by 50%. Most of the focus is heavy industry. In fact, during this time, 86% of all industrial investment was directly used for heavy industry. The official first five years' industrial plan reached 93.7% in just four years and three months. Heavy industry production data exceeded the standard, accounting for 103.4%