Industrialization
-a series of plans designed to increase industry and output
-based on quota system
-economic quota system
-economic planning was now forced
-command economy- set targets for production
-first was 9128-1933- 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 purge)
-corner cutting occurred to meet the quotas and the quality diminished
-based on quota system
-economic quota system
-economic planning was now forced
-command economy- set targets for production
-first was 9128-1933- 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 purge)
-corner cutting occurred to meet the quotas and the quality diminished
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Summary
Stalin wanted to match the top countries in the world for industrialization so he set quotas. Quotas people couldn't meet so they crappy products to try and reach that goal.
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"God is on your side? Is he a conservative? The devils on my side, he a good communist."-Stalin
Subjunctive Question
Would Russia have become industrialized faster if Stalin had set more realistic goals?