The five year plans
A series of plans designed to increase industry and output
based on quota system
economic planning was now forced
Command Economy- set targets for production
First was 1928-1933- agricultural changes (collectivization)
main focus on heavy industry
second was 1933- 1937
too severe and changed in 1934
many party officials revolted against this and nominated a successor to stalin
stalin had him shot (Beginning of the Great Purges)
based on quota system
economic planning was now forced
Command Economy- set targets for production
First was 1928-1933- agricultural changes (collectivization)
main focus on heavy industry
second was 1933- 1937
too severe and changed in 1934
many party officials revolted against this and nominated a successor to stalin
stalin had him shot (Beginning of the Great Purges)
what was the point of the five year plan? what did Lenin want to achieve?
Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans. This brought all industry under state control and all industrial development was planned by the state. The state would decide what would be produced, how much would be produced and where it should be produced. An organisation called Gosplan was created to plan all this out. The first five year plan was from 1928 to 1932. The second five year plan was from 1933 to 1937.
The third five year plan was from 1938 to 1941 when the war interrupted it.Each plan set a target which industries had to meet. Each factory was set a target which it had to meet. The targets were completely unrealistic and could not be met but vast improvements were made. The emphasis was on heavy industries such as coal, oil, iron and steel and electricity.
The third five year plan was from 1938 to 1941 when the war interrupted it.Each plan set a target which industries had to meet. Each factory was set a target which it had to meet. The targets were completely unrealistic and could not be met but vast improvements were made. The emphasis was on heavy industries such as coal, oil, iron and steel and electricity.