Stalin continued to industrialize the Soviet Union (formerly Russia but now including surrounding “soviets” also). He established a command economy whereby the government made all economic decisions. Under such a regime, shortages became widespread and people have to wait in line for hours to obtain basic necessities. Stalin announced a Five-Year Plan to try to increase production of industrial items like electricity, oil, steel and coal. This was a failure, although production did increase a bit. Then Stalin tried a second Five-Year Plan to make up for the failure of the first one. | Stalin continued to industrialize the Soviet Union (formerly Russia but now including surrounding “soviets” also). He established a command economy whereby the government made all economic decisions. Under such a regime, shortages became widespread and people have to wait in line for hours to obtain basic necessities. Stalin announced a Five-Year Plan to try to increase production of industrial items like electricity, oil, steel and coal. This was a failure, although production did increase a bit. Then Stalin tried a second Five-Year Plan to make up for the failure of the first one. |