<P> The Soviet Union entered a series of Five - Year Plans which began in 1928 under the rule of Joseph Stalin . Stalin launched what would be referred as a `` revolution from above '' to improve the Soviet Union 's domestic policy , more importantly centered around rapid industrialization and secondly , the collectivization of agriculture . His desire was to rid the country of all record that capitalism once existed there under the New Economic Policy . </P>
<P> The Soviet Union entered a series of Five - Year Plans which began in 1928 under the rule of Joseph Stalin . Stalin launched what would be referred as a `` revolution from above '' to improve the Soviet Union 's domestic policy , more importantly centered around rapid industrialization and secondly , the collectivization of agriculture . His desire was to rid the country of all record that capitalism once existed there under the New Economic Policy . </P>
who set up a five year plan for the operation of the soviet union
who set up a five year plan for the operation of the soviet union
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin