Stalin wanted to modernise the USSR and make it the most social, economically, socially, technologically and culturally advanced nation on earth
It was 100 behind its capitalist rivals and Stalin aimed to modernise it within 2
Stalin aimed to modernise the USSR through collectivisation and industrialisation
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Collectivisation
Involved taking land from the peasants and giving it to the State
Any food that was produced by the peasants was to be given to the industrial proletariat
This would allow the industrial transformation to take place and eventually the policy of industrialisation to take place
Two types of farms were to be collectivised- state farms and collective farms both of which were very similar- the aim here was to end private ownership and allow agri. to serve the Russian state
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Industrialisation
Now that proletariat had enough food, Stalin slowed down collectivisation and focussed on the policy of industrialisation
This was crucial for the survival of the Soviet Union
It aimed greater strength and survival of an attack from their enemies eg Nazis
Also aimed at advancing socialism
FYPs were brought in aimed at increasing industrial output eg coal, oil, elec
They also helped for the liquidation of the nepmen and the Kulaks who thrived of the NEP
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