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Grain procurement crisis disrupts the NEP settlement

31 December 1927

By the end of 1927, state grain procurement had fallen short as peasants withheld grain they considered underpriced. The crisis exposed a central tension of NEP: the state wanted cheap food and...

Central directive demands a harsher grain procurement campaign

6 January 1928

A Central Committee directive sent to local party organizations demanded intensified grain procurement as the shortfall in state purchases deepened. Authorities used criminal law, searches and...

Stalin travels to Siberia to enforce emergency grain collections

15 January 1928

Stalin traveled to Siberia and directed local officials to use emergency measures to obtain grain, including arrests and pressure on wealthier peasants. The campaign marked a sharp retreat from...

Central Committee plenum debates grain procurement and the Shakhty affair

6 April 1928

The joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission met from 6 to 11 April, discussing the grain procurement crisis and the Shakhty case. Its resolutions called for forceful...

Shakhty trial opens against coal engineers and specialists

18 May 1928

The Shakhty trial began with charges that engineers and technical specialists had sabotaged coal production. The highly publicized proceedings portrayed technical failures as political conspiracy...

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4 July 1928

The Central Committee plenum met from 4 to 12 July to review grain procurement and the broader economic situation. Its resolution called for restoring peasant confidence and stopping a return to...

Five Shakhty defendants executed

9 July 1928

Five defendants convicted in the Shakhty case were executed, while other death sentences were commuted. The punishment signaled the costs of being classified as an enemy of industrialization and...

Sixth Comintern Congress opens in Moscow

17 July 1928

The Sixth Congress of the Communist International opened and adopted a more confrontational analysis of capitalism and colonialism. Delegates debated the failures of the Chinese united-front...

First Five-Year Plan period begins

1 October 1928

The first Five-Year Plan period was launched from October 1928, although the plan was formally approved in 1929. It sought rapid industrial growth through state investment and output targets. The...

Eleventh anniversary celebrations present industrialization as revolutionary defense

7 November 1928

The eleventh anniversary of the October Revolution was celebrated amid growing emphasis on industrialization and political unity. Official narratives linked economic acceleration to the defense of...

Stalin attacks the Right deviation over industrialization

19 November 1928

In a speech to the Central Committee plenum, Stalin criticized the “Right deviation” as the party debated industrialization targets, agricultural policy and the control figures for 1928–29. The...

Central Committee plenum revisits grain procurement after emergency measures

People in this event

Joseph Stalin

Nikolai Bukharin

party and state officials

Organizations in this Event

All-Union Communist Party

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