Soviet Five-Year Plans (1928–1991)

1. Gosplan founded to coordinate state planning

   Feb 22, 1921Labels: Gosplan, Soviet government

   • Gosplan

2. First Five-Year Plan begins rapid industrial drive

   Oct 1, 1928Labels: First Five-Year, Heavy industry

   • Plan list
   • First plan

3. Second Five-Year Plan starts, keeping heavy-industry priority

   Jan 1, 1933Labels: Second Five-Year, Stakhanovite movement

   • Plan list
   • Britannica

4. Third Five-Year Plan shifts toward wartime production

   Jan 1, 1938Labels: Third Five-Year, Armaments

   • Plan list
   • Britannica

5. Fourth Five-Year Plan adopted for postwar reconstruction

   Mar 18, 1946Labels: Fourth Five-Year, Postwar reconstruction

   • Britannica
   • Supreme Soviet

6. Fifth Five-Year Plan continues heavy-industry focus

   Jan 1, 1951Labels: Fifth Five-Year, Transport industry

   • 5th plan
   • Plan list

7. Sixth Five-Year Plan launched, then abandoned early

   Jan 1, 1956Labels: Sixth Five-Year

   • Plan list
   • CIA memo

8. Seven-Year Plan adopted, replacing the sixth plan

   Jan 27, 1959Labels: Seven-Year Plan, Khrushchev

   • 21st Congress
   • Plan list

9. Eighth Five-Year Plan introduces 1965 reform direction

   Apr 10, 1966Labels: Eighth Five-Year, Kosygin reforms

   • 8th plan
   • Plan list

10. Ninth Five-Year Plan highlights slowdown and consumer promises

    Jan 1, 1971Labels: Ninth Five-Year

    • 9th plan

11. Tenth Five-Year Plan adopts “quality and efficiency” slogan

    Jan 1, 1976Labels: Tenth Five-Year

    • 10th plan

12. Eleventh Five-Year Plan pushes “intensive” growth strategy

    Jan 1, 1981Labels: Eleventh Five-Year

    • 11th plan

13. Twelfth Five-Year Plan approved under Gorbachev

    Jun 19, 1986Labels: Twelfth Five-Year, Mikhail Gorbachev

    • UPI 1986

14. Law on State Enterprise weakens direct ministry control

    Jul 1, 1987Labels: Law on, Perestroika

    • Perestroika

15. Gosplan dissolved as Soviet planning system unravels

    Apr 1, 1991Labels: Gosplan, Dissolution

    • Gosplan

16. Soviet Union dissolved, ending Five-Year Plan era

    Dec 26, 1991Labels: Soviet Union, Dissolution

    • Dissolution