<P> Although Stalin reported in 1930 that collectivization was aiding the country, it must be noted that this was the era of exaggeration . Collectivization was under - planned, lack of instructions, and unrealistic quotas were the reality . With lack of a foundation, collectivization led to the Famine of 1931 - 33 in Kazakhstan, the region once being a major grain producer . Farmers of Kazakhstan rejected collectivization, and protested, while Stalin raised quotas, meaning peasants would not be able to eat and would psychologically break them . Those who did not give up their grain were considered breaking Soviet law, which caused the famine . Death rates are estimated between 6 - 7 million . Stain's second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva, committed suicide do to the atrocities of collectivization, particular the famine . By the end of the FYP, agricultural collectivization showed minimal growth in production as well as profits, agricultural collectivization was a failure for the Soviets . </P> <P> To meet the goals of the first five - year plan the Soviet Union began using the labor of its growing prisoner population . Initially the Soviet leaders sought to decrease the number of prisoners in the Soviet Union so that those resources could be rerouted to the five - year plan . This legislation led to many dangerous prisoners being released from prison into labor camps . </P> <P> Early in the plan, however, the Communist leaders realized the necessity and the benefit of prisoner labor to complete the five - year plan . At this time the Soviet leaders attempted to orchestrate an increase in prison population . The people of the Soviet Union began being sentenced to forced labor, even when they committed small offenses, or committed no crime at all . Many of the prisoners used for labor were peasants who had resisted indoctrination . This was an attempt by the Soviet Union to acquire free labor for the rapid industrialization; however, it led to the incarceration of many innocent people in the Soviet Union . Eventually Western nations, such as the United States, began to boycott goods produced by this form of labor . </P> <P> Although many of the goals set by the plan were not fully met, there were several economic sectors that still saw large increases in their output . Areas like capital goods increased 158%, consumer goods increased by 87%, and total industrial output increased by 118% . In addition, despite the difficulties that agriculture underwent throughout the plan, the Soviets recruited more than 70,000 volunteers from the cities to help collectivize and work on farms in the rural areas . </P>

What was the goal of the five year plan during the 1920s and 1930s in the soviet union