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The Five Year Plans (The First Five Year Plan (High targets placed strain…
The Five Year Plans
The First Five Year Plan
Competition between rival planning groups Gosplan and Vesenkha
led to 'Target Mania'
both wanted to set higher targets
The targets that were set in 1929 were hopelessly unachievable
Party members and leaders had a vision that the country would be transformed
They believed that in two or three years there would be a socialist economy and that money would be abandoned
more of a propaganda device
There was a lack of detailed planning around the targets set in the Plan
High targets placed strain on the economy
materials were in short supply and there was intense competition to get them
corruption was rife as ministers pulled strings to allow specific companies access to resources
the railway could not cope with what the were expected to transport
Mistakes were covered up because people feared criticising the party
Class enemies were used as a political tool as they were claimed as saboteurs of industrialisation
They were also used as a scapegoat for mistakes
but the loss of valuable personnel led to lots of problems in organisation of factories
The Second Five Year Plan
Targets were scaled back following the problems caused by the high targets in the first plan
the emphasis was on consolidation
the plans were much more detailed
The peoples commissariats were more organised and defined
there were new training schemes that encouraged workers to learn new skills
there were still problems but these were much less than those in the first plan
The Third Five Year Plan
After 1937 there was an economic slowdown
There was a general increase in industrial output
but some industries completely stopped growing
there was a fuel crisis after the oil industry failed to reach its targets
The purges led to the slowdown of industry
the purges deprived the economy of valuable personnel
Dates
1928-1932
1933-1937
1938-1942