Soviet Five‑Year Plans and Postwar Reconstruction (1928–1965)

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Oct 1, 1928

First Five-Year Plan begins nationwide industrial drive

First Five-YearGosplan

Jan 1, 1929

Mass collectivization accelerates under First Plan

CollectivizationFirst Five-Year

Feb 1, 1932

Directives approved for Second Five-Year Plan

Second Five-YearCPSU directives

Dec 31, 1932

First Five-Year Plan ends ahead of schedule

First Five-YearStalin-era

Jan 1, 1933

Second Five-Year Plan period begins

Second Five-YearGosplan

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Soviet Five‑Year Plans and Postwar Reconstruction (1928–1965)

First Five-Year Plan begins nationwide industrial drive

Oct 1, 1928Labels: First Five-Year, Gosplan

Mass collectivization accelerates under First Plan

Jan 1, 1929Labels: Collectivization, First Five-Year

Directives approved for Second Five-Year Plan

Feb 1, 1932Labels: Second Five-Year, CPSU directives

First Five-Year Plan ends ahead of schedule

Dec 31, 1932Labels: First Five-Year, Stalin-era

Second Five-Year Plan period begins

Jan 1, 1933Labels: Second Five-Year, Gosplan

Second Five-Year Plan period concludes

Dec 31, 1937Labels: Second Five-Year, Central planning

Third Five-Year Plan period begins

Jan 1, 1938Labels: Third Five-Year, Defense industry

Third Five-Year Plan approved by 18th Party Congress

Mar 1, 1939Labels: 18th Party, Third Five-Year

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Third Plan effectively cut short by German invasion

Jun 22, 1941Labels: Operation Barbarossa, Third Five-Year

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Fourth Five-Year Plan announced at start of 1946

Jan 1, 1946Labels: Fourth Five-Year, Postwar reconstruction

Fourth Five-Year Plan approved by Supreme Soviet

Mar 1, 1946Labels: Supreme Soviet, Fourth Five-Year

Fourth Five-Year Plan period concludes

Dec 31, 1950Labels: Fourth Five-Year, Reconstruction

Fifth Five-Year Plan period begins

Jan 1, 1951Labels: Fifth Five-Year, Planned economy

CIA FOIA

Fifth Plan publicly announced in Moscow

Aug 20, 1952Labels: Fifth Five-Year, Moscow announcement

CIA FOIA

Fifth Five-Year Plan period concludes

Dec 31, 1955Labels: Fifth Five-Year, Industrial policy

CIA FOIA

Sixth Five-Year Plan launched under Khrushchev era

Jan 1, 1956Labels: Sixth Five-Year, Khrushchev era

1957 economic reform decentralizes industrial administration

May 10, 1957Labels: 1957 Reform, Sovnarkhozy

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Sixth Five-Year Plan abandoned after two years

Jan 1, 1958Labels: Sixth Five-Year, Policy abandonment

Seven-Year Plan period begins

Jan 1, 1959Labels: Seven-Year Plan, Economic diversification

Extraordinary 21st Party Congress adopts Seven-Year Plan

Feb 5, 1959Labels: 21st Party, Seven-Year Plan

Seven-Year Plan merged into new five-year framing

Jan 1, 1961Labels: Seven-Year Plan, Plan reworking

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Seven-Year Plan period concludes

Dec 31, 1965Labels: Seven-Year Plan, Postwar planning