Stalin's first Five-year plan

Transform society and economy by electrification

Their target was, by 1933, 6 times more than 1928 levels

Boost overall production by around 300%

Light industry (chemicals and household products etc.) were given low priority, although their levels were still expected to be double the output of previous times

Feed the expanding industrial workforce through big increases of agricultural production

Improve transport, especially the railways

Develop heavy industry e.g. coal, iron, steel, oil and machinery

The 'steel city' Magnitogorsk was built to improve their chances of increasing steel production and trade from Russia

Agricultural and industrial machinery was made to overcome the struggles

Tractors and more advanced farm machines that reduced the amount of people needed on farms, therefore, increasing the amount of industrial workers in the cities, such as Petrograd.

Mass collectivisation on farms across Russia and other Soviet states

Removal of rich peasants or 'kulaks'

Major investments into railways and infrastructure across the Soviet

This would allow for faster production, which would help them achieve their aims in industry

The goals were too high for most factories to meet, hence some of the output numbers were changed to avoid the punishments that Stalin had laid down for anyone who failed to meet their quotas, including execution or being sent to gulags.

Dekulakisation

Some farms were already collectivised, as it was already a feature of Soviet agriculture, but Stalin wanted more, as they were far and few between

Sovkhoz's and Kolkhoz's were the two types of state farms in Russia and surrounding Soviets - Sovkhoz's were helped more by the government with tractors and machinery.

People were poorly trained in how to use the new machinery and how to maintain them, so a lot of them weren't used to their full potential