WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Soviet times, industrialisation was considered a great feat. The rapid growth of production capacity and the volume of production of heavy industry (4 times) was of great importance for ensuring economic independence from capitalist countries and strengthening the country’s defense capability.

Detailed explanation-2: -Collectivization and Industrialization. In November 1927, Joseph Stalin launched his “revolution from above” by setting two extraordinary goals for Soviet domestic policy: rapid industrialization and collectivization of agriculture.

Detailed explanation-3: -Command Economy: Collectivization Stalin’s government also controlled the agricultural economy. The Five Year Plans used a policy called forced collectivization which was intended to increase agricultural output from large government-owned farms created through the integration of smaller private farms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scott: Stalin forced industrialization by coercively redirecting resources from the rural, agrarian economy to the urban, manufacturing economy. The human toll of these policies-mostly centrally, collectivization-was enormous, with millions killed during the Great Famine of 1932–33.