Plans were drawn up by GOSPLAN (the state planning organisation)
Targets were set for every industry, each region, each mine and
factory, each foreman and even every worker. Foreign experts &
engineers were called in Workers were bombarded with propaganda,
posters, slogans and radio Workers were fined if they did not
meet their targets. Alexei Stakhanov (who cut an amazing 102
tons of coal in one shift) was held up as an example. Good
workers could become ‘Stakhanovites' and win a medal. (After the
First 5-year plan revealed a shortage of workers) women were
attracted by new crèches and day-care centres so that mothers
could For big engineering projects such as dams or canals, slave
labour (such as political opponents, kulaks or Jews) was used.
There was a concentration on heavy industry at the expense of
consumer goods or good housing. Stalin attacked the Muslim faith
because he thought it was holding