This started a great experiment of building a country without exploiters like
feudal lords, Kings or capitalists. The USSR tried to build a society that was
industrialised and modern and yet did not have inequality or exclusion of people on
the basis of birth, gender, language, etc.
After the death of Lenin in 1924, Stalin emerged as the leader of the Communist
party. Over the next decades, he established his absolute control and put an end to
all opposition. He used his undisputed power to build the economy of USSR. USSR
began a programme of planned economic development (with its Five Year Plans) in
1928.This programme had a twin policy of fast industrialisation and collectivisation
of agriculture.
The experience of the USSR inspired people all over the world especially those
who were committed to the ideals of equality and national liberation. These people