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The first five-year plan ( Russian: I пятилетний план, первая пятилетка) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a list of economic goals, implemented by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, based on his policy of socialism in one country.
Because of the success made by the first plan, Stalin did not hesitate with going ahead with the second five-year plan in 1932, although the official start date for the plan was 1933. The second five-year plan gave heavy industry top priority, putting the Soviet Union not far behind Germany as one of the major steel-producing countries of the ...
Stalin called "to bring to completion the liquidation of the reactionary clergy in our country". [43] Stalin called for an "atheist five year plan" from 1932 to 1937, led by the LMG, in order to eliminate all religious expression in the USSR. [44] It was declared that the concept of God would disappear from the Soviet Union. [44]
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin[ f] (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; [ g] 18 December [ O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and Chairman of the Council of ...
Stalinism ( Russian: Сталинизм, Stalinizm) is the totalitarian [ 1][ 2][ 3] means of governing and Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1927 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin. Stalin had previously made a career as a gangster and robber, [ 4] working to fund revolutionary activities, before eventually ...
Gosplan. / 55.75750°N 37.61528°E / 55.75750; 37.61528. The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan (Russian: Госплан, IPA: [ɡosˈpɫan] ), [1] was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in ...
Stalin's first five-year plan, adopted by the party in 1928, called for rapid industrialization of the economy. With the greatest share of investment put into heavy industry, widespread shortages of consumer goods occurred while the urban labour force was also increasing.
Stalin in December 1932 declared the plan success to the Central Committee since increases in the output of coal and iron would fuel future development. [8] During the Second Five-Year Plan (1933–1937), on the basis of the huge investment during the first plan, the industry expanded extremely rapidly and nearly reached the plan's targets. By ...