The Five Year Plan Was No Joke

During the whole of the five year plan, the soviet union built or rebuilt a thousand new factories. Moscow grew from two million inhabitants to nearly four million. In terms of raw industrial capacity, the us. S r was on its way to becoming second only to the united states in the world. But there was an ugly under belly to all this. Endemic waste accidents, environmental destruction and inefficiencies. Under trained, under skilled workers and managers attempted everything at a breakneck pace. The products they made to hit quota were often qualitatively terrible. And even then, quotas were missed regularly. An american engineer on sight said that, after 70 hours of work, they'll