Early Soviet Union (1929-1939)

From 1929 to 1939 the Soviet Union underwent massive industrialization and internal struggles. Joseph Stalin established total control over Soviet society, wielding virtually limitless power. Stalin initiated the first Five Year Plan, which would build up industry/manufacturing as well as grant the government control over farms and land. Farmers, however, were not so lucky as many of them were forced off their land or killed. Furthermore because the government confiscated all crops/cattle in the rural area's, the people left standing would have no choice but to move to rapidly growing urban centers. Thus the Five Year Plan had great results, by building urban area's and making the Soviet Union industry superior to Germany and Japan. This period of rising would soon come to a plateau as war was once again at the front door of the Soviet Union.   

As you can see in this photo, the Soviet Union was becoming more industrial/urbanized
making the USSR a super power among nations.
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Date: 1935