Industrialization
- A series of plans designed to increase industry and output
- Based on Quota system - every month
- Hoping after 5 years they would get on par with Europe
- Economic planning was now forced command economy - set targets for production
- First was 1928-1933 - agricultural changes (Collectivization) Most significant
- In order to have people working in the factories you'd have to have people that were feed
- Produce enough food for everyone to work
- Main focus on heavy industry
- Second was 1933-1937
- Too severe and changed in 1934
- Unreasonable people couldn't make that much in their whole lives
- Set super high because they thought it would help motivate them even more
- Many party officials revolted against this and nominated a successor to stalin
- Stalin had them shot
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