Stalin’s primary goal in 1929 was to force a backward peasant economy into "socialist modernity". This was achieved through two brutal, simultaneous campaigns:
: Stalin built over 9,000 industrial enterprises, transforming the USSR into a modern war machine. By the late 1930s, the Red Army was the best-armed force in the world, with tens of thousands of tanks and planes. The Great Terror (1936–1938) Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941
The Domestic Revolution: Collectivization and Industrialization Stalin’s primary goal in 1929 was to force