Joseph Stalin's economic plan for the Soviet Union included?

Answer 1

Stalin's goals for the Soviet Union included a line of countries defending it--he wanted the Soviet Union to be the world's dominant power.

First and foremost, Stalin's economic plan was to increase the Soviet Union's industrial capacity. To do this, Stalin instituted a series of Five Year Plans geared mainly toward increasing industrial output, but also increasing its agricultural output.

Stalin had stated in a speech that Russia had been conquered in the past by many invaders because it was a backward country, especially economically. He believed that the Soviet Union had fallen behind the West by 150 years. He stated that in order for socialist Soviet Union to survive among the capitalist countries, it must catch up to the West within 10 years. The first plan set goals for increasing industrial capacity that were met in 4 years, although some speculate that those figures were as much Propaganda as were his political pronouncements.

What few know is that he "realized" his industrial goals on the backs of the peasant farmers, starving millions by taking their crops for export to obtain the money needed to industrialize the country.

Answer 2

peasant-owned farms