For example, in "Industrialization of the Country", written by Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin discussed the need for Russia to industrialize to compete with the growing, surrounding nations of the world such as Germany, France, England and the United States Stalin believed that Russia should do whatever was necessary, even if it meant going to war, to ensure that Russia did not fall too far behind other world powers, both technologically and economically, in the rush to industrialization; he believed that this would result in a return to capitalism for Russia. He believed that winning the race to industrialization was the final missing piece of the puzzle that could propel socialism to its victory in Russia (Stalin, p. 331). To speed up the process of industrialization, Stalin created a five-year plan in 1928 that called for the collectivization of agriculture, a policy in which 3 to 5 percent of the richest farmers were killed, sent to labor camps, or sent for resettlement. lower soils (PWH, p.