Thus complete potential was not achieved. Underproduction in many industries was also present due to the lack of resources such as wood.This led to hoarding of goods which lead to a lack of cooperation between many components of he industrial system.No one dared to complain explicitly about the government.Trade unions were powerless after 1917.Strikes and demands for better pay were prohibited.Any last bit of human rights disappeared under the FYPS.There was no provision for development of the standard of living of the proletariat in the FYPs.Any demands for an increase in the standard of living were deemed as selfish when a threat of a capitalist invasion on Soviet Russia was looming large.This led to the usual assignment of scapegoats.People accused of ‘sabotage’ were punished in show trials or sent to Siberian work camps.The plans failed to increase the standard of living of the workers.They had to live in five storey tenant blocks where families had to live with their in-laws.Many times four to five families shared a single lavatory and kitchen(usually only a gas ring).This overcrowding led to great health problems.Even then,most of the budget was devoted to …show more content…
One of the important reasons for the FYPs’ implementation was because they were also useful propaganda for Stalin who wanted to promote his image as a godlike leader to the Soviet Union and consolidate his