Stalin.
Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist for 24 years.After Lenin's death, Stalin controlled the communist party in 1927. He believed in socialism in one country. After Stalin came into power, his goal was to make Russia a powerful communist country. To achieve this goal, he felt that Russia needed to rapidly industrialize, since they were 100 years behind advanced countries. As heavy industry was being developed, agriculture was to be collectivized as a part of achieving Stalin's goal to make Russia a stronger state. Stalin spent much of his rule on industrializing Russia and thought of this as the most important thing that Russia had to change to become a leading Country in the world. He needed this of his Country so he could compete in the wars that he thought were going to take place in the world.
In 1928, one of Stalin's goals was to rapidly develop heavy industry in Russia. Stalin wanted to make the Soviet Union an industrial force that could produce enough materials to build an army and a country. He thought that if communism was to work in Russia they would need to do lots of work with their industry. This was to be achieved by creating command industrial goods, which had meant that the industry was being forced to industrialize. Lenin had previously destroyed the power of private businesses to create a manageable industry. When Stalin came into power most of the businesses were already in the governments hands, so he already had control of the industry that he wanted to change. Stalin knew that his country was behind many countries industrally and feared that if he did not do somthing he would be taken over by enemies. Heavy industry was essential for defense and for supplying agricultural tractors and combines. Stalin thought that everything else that needed to be done with the country needed to wait till Russia had a stable economy.
