EVENT INFORMATION

1
October
1928

First Five-Year Plan period begins

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๐Ÿ“… 1 October 1928 ๐Ÿ“ Soviet Union

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 drive promised technological transformation and defense against foreign dependence, but its implementation increasingly relied on labor discipline, extraction from agriculture and centralized command.

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