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  2. Five-year plans of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Stalin announced the start of the first five-year plan for industrialization on October 1, 1928, and it lasted until December 31, 1932. Stalin described it as a new revolution from above. [12] When this plan began, the USSR was fifth in industrialization, and with the first five-year plan moved up to second, with only the United States in first ...

  3. First five-year plan (Soviet Union) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. First five-year plan - Wikipedia

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    First five-year plan may refer to: First five-year plan (China) First Five-Year Plans (Pakistan) First five-year plan (Soviet Union) See also.

  5. Soviet famine of 1930–1933 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia

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    In 1928, the first five-year plan was launched by Stalin with a main focus on boosting Soviet heavy industry; [255] it was finished a year ahead of schedule, in 1932. [256] The country underwent a massive economic transformation: [257] new mines were opened, new cities like Magnitogorsk constructed, and work on the White Sea–Baltic Canal ...

  8. Joseph Stalin's rise to power - Wikipedia

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    As the 1920s progressed, Stalin used his position to expel critics within the party and tightened his grip. Stalin's alliance with the party's right wing ended when Stalin decided to proceed with the First Five Year Plan, abandoning the New Economic Policy. [13] Stalin defeated his opponents within the party by 1928, ending internal power ...

  9. Stalinism - Wikipedia

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    According to Stalin's secretary, Boris Bazhanov, Stalin was jubilant over Lenin's death while "publicly putting on the mask of grief". [ 186 ] Some Marxist theoreticians have disputed the view that Stalin's dictatorship was a natural outgrowth of the Bolsheviks' actions, as Stalin eliminated most of the original central committee members from ...