Stalin implemented several "Five Year Plans" in order to manage and control the economy of the USSR according to central planning techniques. rather than by the free hand of the marketplace.
Stalin did a number of things: He industrialized the USSR, therefore making them an industrial super-power and giving the country much-needed jobs. He greatly expanded the USSR military, making them...
He ruled through fear and his secret police, who would arrest anyone for any misdemeanor, no matter how small. He also instilled the Great Purge, which got rid of anybody who might challenge his...