Industrialization had taken part by the use of 5-year plans, the idea of the 5-year plans was to rapidly industrialize Russia to:

1.       Increase military strength: Since Stalin feared war from western powers, due to this he wanted to industrialize large quantities of weapons and munitions 

2.       To achieve self-sufficiency: Stalin wanted the USSR to be less dependent on other Western countries and more independent from the rest of the world 

3.       To increase grain supplies: Stalin wanted to move Russia away from a country that was dependent on a backwards agricultural economy 

4.       To move towards a socialist society: According to Marxists Theorists, socialist could only be achieved in a country 

5.       To establish his credentials: Stalin needed to prove himself to Lenin and other Bolsheviks that he was a worthy successor

6.       To improve standards of living: Stalin not only wanted to be on the same level as the west in military but also the living standards for all people. 

First five year plan went from 1928-1932
Second five year plan was 1933-1937
Third five year plan was just four year from 1938-1941

Collectivization was successful to a certain extent, It resulted in eventually a stable production of grain through an economies of scale approach but, Stalin eliminating the Kulaks  it took out Russia’s most efficient farmers thus robbing the country. The collectivization of the soviet agriculture during its early stages was un-efficient and caused an outbreak in Russia’s agricultural department. Throughout the liquefaction of the kulaks it resulted in peasants moral degrading and Stalin starving the collectivization out of the peasantry. It took over 7 years before production levels were at a stable rate, thus overall helping to fuel the industrialization of Russia (Stalin’s five-year plan) helping to modernize Russia to an extent.