# First Five-Year Plan (1928)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1928-first-five-year-plan
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The First Five-Year Plan, officially begun in October 1928, set extraordinarily high targets for heavy industry. New industrial cities such as Magnitogorsk rose, and dams such as DneproGES were built. The plan was declared fulfilled in four years and three months. The plans transformed the USSR into an industrial power at a huge human cost.

## Why it matters
The plans transformed the USSR into an industrial power at a huge human cost.

Ruler at the time: [Joseph Stalin](https://history-russia.com/rulers/joseph-stalin)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — First five-year plan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_five-year_plan)
- [Wikipedia — Magnitogorsk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitogorsk)
- [Wikipedia — Stalinism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — First Five-Year Plan](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=First+Five-Year+Plan)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)