For example, in “Industrialization of the Country,” written by Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin spoke of the need for Russia to industrialize in order to compete with the rise of Russia. , the neighboring nations of the world such as Germany, France, England and the United States. Stalin believed that Russia should do everything it could, even if it meant going to war, to ensure that Russia did not fall too far behind other world powers. both technologically and economically, in the race for industrialization; he believed this would result in a return to capitalism for Russia. He believed that winning the race to industrialization was the final missing piece of the puzzle that could propel socialism to victory in Russia (Stalin, p. 331). In order to speed up the industrialization process, Stalin created a five-year plan in 1928, which involved the collectivization of agriculture, a policy in which three to five percent of the richest farmers were either killed or sent to labor camps, or sent for resettlement abroad. lower soils (PWH, p.