the first 5 year plan (1928)

-concentrated on the development of iron and steel, machine-tools, electric power and transport.

-Stalin set highs standards for his workers.

*demanded a 110% increase in coal production, 200% increase in iron production and 335% increase in electric power

-claimed that if rapid industrialization did not take place, the Soviet Union would not be able to defend itself against an invasion from capitalist countries in the west.

-During the novel, once Napoleon takes control and begins working on improving the farm, he insists that the production of all agriculture and materials be increased and multiplied.