Stalin set out to accomplish the major task of modernizing Russia under the Five Year Plan. His major goal was to modernize Russia’s farming and bringing the grain form the rural area to the growing cities and to factories. The Turkish-Siberia railroad was one of the rail roads built in order to bring grain in form … Continue reading Trains of Grain →
Read moreDuring the New Economic Policy (NEP) overseen by Joseph Stalin, the concept of Collectivization was introduced. Collectivization was part of the plan of the economic development of what Stalin hoped would be part of the new Russian. Stalin wanted to install…
Shock workers in the Soviet Union are the equivalent of “employees-of-the-month” in the United States. Exemplary workers who truly portray the corporate culture and go out of their way to help the organization. In 1930, 257 of these shock workers were given the opportunity to cruise around Western Europe and view “the West” mentality about […]
Red brick dotted the horizon puncturing deep into the black clouds of industry. Horizons that had once been speckled with gold coated Christian Crucifixes, were now framed in brick and coal. The Party had found its titan, the factory. The mass industrialization of the Soviet Union and its cultural effects came about due to Stalin’s ambitious Five Year Plan. … Continue reading “…A tower that reaches to the Heavens…” →
When Joseph Stalin consolidated his power in the new Soviet government, he was faced with the monumental challenge of transforming his country into an advanced and industrialized world power. To complete this mission, he initiated the First Five Year Plan, which was completed between 1928 and 1932. The goals of this plan were to develop […]
Hey, Fyodor and Malania, And Avdotia and Pakhom, Let’s strike up a merry song About the sowing season. Hey you, Vanya, best stretch out That accordion past your ears. Why should you be sowing from Your grandpa’s basket in these years. Take a gander in the barn– And it’s mighty nifty How that newfangled machine […]
Collectivization The reason why I chose this topic is my interest in how the proletariat class reacted to the decrees of Stalin. Stalin’s plan was to industrialize and improve the way of life for everyone by government mandating the collecting of crops and agriculture in general for the people. The interesting part about this is […]
This image and video relate to not only the Stalin’s First Five Year Plan, but also revolutionary culture. Because of the socialist government’s desire to control everything in Russia they banned religion all across that nation. These two primary sources show church bells being taken down (27 bells out of 32 bells in the video […]
Read moreStalin’s Five Year Plan in 1929 brought a new expectation for the work that must be accomplished. However, in a society …
The first Five-Year Plan facilitated a dramatic change in the Soviet economy through the collectivization of agricultre in orde to enhance the country’s industrial capabilities. From the period of 1928-1940, the number of Soviet workers in industrial occupations grew from…
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