Stalin, the man of steel as his last name references to but what he did wasn’t at all heroic and especially his idea of a five-year plan. Did this five-year plan was truly necessary or was it just an uncalled for? The Stalin’s Five Year Plan were to change the underway for food production, Stalin turned his attention to industrialization of the USSR. Stalin felt that a threat of Western nation, and the inability to produce weapons necessary to defend the nation. This where his series of five-year plan comes to play, its simple goal is to provide the economic base for ideal society. This idea wasn’t created by Stalin himself but by a State Planning Commission, named Gosplan. They were an agency who drew up the first real plan but nothing was mentioned about as it continued that Stalin as he was proven worthy for the plan. “On the Directives for the Establishment of a Five-Year Plan for the economy” (Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 5 vols), the establishment of a pit of work just to die for. The people were required or better yet forced to work in these new industries and jobs that would need education and training. All this also forced peasants to move off their farms and into the factories as so called collective farms. These had to force up grain from farmers to the government and nothing was hidden from the government. Though a resistance of was formed that were known the kulaks, who were a wealthy class of farmers. These farmers would rebel of the idea of Stalin’s ideas of the collective farms. Stalin decided that this collectivization was necessary about embracing seven or eight million families in 1930 alone. Stalin announced the drive to ‘liquate the kulaks as a class’. However, indeed it was a good plan succeeding to make a more industrialized Russia. Also, it contributed to major establishment of industries, agriculture, energy, railway, construction and the education of peasants. Here are some numbers on the output of heavy industry: Before Five-Year Plan; oil 11.7%, steel 4%, coal 35.4% and after Five-Year Plan; oil 21.4%, steel 5.9%, coal 64.3%. 
In the end to what cost of the Plan? Here’s an article called Hindsight that talks about this of how the five-year plan was a failure. “Stalin blamed for the failures of the first Five Year Plan. They were accused of sabotage and there was a series of trials in 1930-31. The purging escalated rapidly: 1.) In 1932 more than 800,000 members of the party were expelled, but the real purges began with the murder of Sergei Kirov in 1934. He was the Communist Party leader in Leningrad and he was probably murdered on Stalin's orders because he was a rival. 2.) The Purges lasted from 1934 to 1938; at least 7 million people disappeared. Bolshevik leaders, poets, writers, artists, kulaks and musicians were all targeted for holding to ideas which Stalin did not like. 3.) Millions of ordinary Soviet citizens were also purged, often not even knowing what they had done to anger Stalin.” In my evaluation, Stalin a truculent dictator in which implied all use of his power to make to kill many as to prove himself as a god, the one that can do as he pleases. Many might say his childhood could’ve been the problem but what I say is a piece of garbage. Reason why? Parents educate kids as they want to but the choice is up to the kid as in Stalin’s case his choice was to become a totalitarian dictator.
In the end to what cost of the Plan? Here’s an article called Hindsight that talks about this of how the five-year plan was a failure. “Stalin blamed for the failures of the first Five Year Plan. They were accused of sabotage and there was a series of trials in 1930-31. The purging escalated rapidly: 1.) In 1932 more than 800,000 members of the party were expelled, but the real purges began with the murder of Sergei Kirov in 1934. He was the Communist Party leader in Leningrad and he was probably murdered on Stalin's orders because he was a rival. 2.) The Purges lasted from 1934 to 1938; at least 7 million people disappeared. Bolshevik leaders, poets, writers, artists, kulaks and musicians were all targeted for holding to ideas which Stalin did not like. 3.) Millions of ordinary Soviet citizens were also purged, often not even knowing what they had done to anger Stalin.” In my evaluation, Stalin a truculent dictator in which implied all use of his power to make to kill many as to prove himself as a god, the one that can do as he pleases. Many might say his childhood could’ve been the problem but what I say is a piece of garbage. Reason why? Parents educate kids as they want to but the choice is up to the kid as in Stalin’s case his choice was to become a totalitarian dictator. References>>>
Even though the idustrialization of Russia was a big deal, killing millions along the way was even bigger. I think it is amazing how one individual could be so cruel. Stalin was able to punish and kill millions of innocent men and women with no problems. I am shocked that no one attempted to kill him in return. Very hard to read, but good topic.
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