The first five year plan was doomed to fail from the start.\u00a0 It was not directly correlated to the policy of mass collectivization (which also resulted in failure) and or the agricultural crisis as a whole.\u00a0 But rather the five year plan failed due to lack of logistics and special knowledge\u00a0to operate heavy machinery.\u00a0 This coupled with weak national agriculture and widespread food\u00a0shortage led to hungry workers and no means to refuel lost energy of factory workers.\u00a0 Stalin would see this as would his agents and would respond with a wide spread push to increase labor and hours.\u00a0 This would merely contribute to the issue of the first five year plan.\u00a0 No industrial effort will be successful if the state does not have the food to feed its workers or the knowledge of the machinery leading the revolution.\u00a0 The plans that would follow would not be any more sufficiently executed as the agricultural aspect is a constant lingering theme for Stalin’s policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The first five year plan was doomed to fail from the start.\u00a0 It was not directly correlated to the policy of mass collectivization (which also resulted in failure) and or the agricultural crisis as a whole.\u00a0 But rather the five … Continue reading