What was the background and reasons for the introduction of a planned economy in the former Soviet Union?

When World War I was over and the war of imperialist interference in the internal affairs of Soviet Russia was over, Stalin came to power with the urgent desire to establish a strong Soviet government and the backward agrarian economy within the Soviet Union. Stalin decided to prioritize the development of heavy industry and to implement a planned economy.

The Soviet economic system adopted a high degree of universal ownership and a highly centralized planned economy, and gave priority to the development of heavy industry, especially the defense industry, for a long time, relying on high energy consumption, high consumption of raw materials, high manpower inputs, and sloppy development, which achieved some success in the early years of the Soviet Union and relied on the military industry to achieve victory in World War II. Since then, Marxism-Leninism has been held up as a treasure trove of the socialist camp.

The reason for its vitality was that the Soviet Union at that time was impoverished, and years of poverty forced the working class to implement a major industrial construction. At the same time, the German invasion made the Soviets feel a sense of national crisis. Everyone wanted their country to become strong quickly, and this was due to deep and complex historical reasons. It was available under the historical conditions of the time, but the years of peace hampered the development of the economy and the motivation of the people to produce, so it was doomed to failure.

The concept of the "planned economy" system came from Vladimir Ilyich. In his 1906 book, "The Land Question and the Struggle for Freedom," Mr. Ilyich said:

"As long as there is a market economy, as long as the power of money and the power of capital are maintained, no law in the world will be able to eliminate inequality and exploitation. Only the introduction of a vast socialized system of planned economy, together with the transfer of the ownership of all land, factories, and tools to the working class, can eliminate all exploitation."

This statement says two things. The first layer of meaning expresses a harsh reality; the second layer expresses a brilliant dream.

It was for the realization of this glorious dream that Comrade Stalin ordered the introduction of a planned economy. The antithesis lies in who owns the means of production; the capitalist market economy is that the means of production are privately owned, while the socialist planned economy puts the means of production in the hands of the state, collectively owned. The unity lies in the fact that both are ways of allocating resources and are applicable in their respective countries and historical conditions, i.e., "no matter what the cat is, catching a mouse is a good cat." The last question I think is the expression of capitalism market economy, because capitalism is the means of production to private ownership, who can create greater value for society, who owns the means of production, who owns the means of production who can earn a lot of money, after making money for their own pleasure, but also can be re-invested in other areas of society, to help promote the further development of society. Ultimately, production becomes unsustainable and the means of production become privately owned, which inevitably leads to the exploitation of the proletariat, which is also known as "the irreconcilable contradiction between the socialization of production and capitalist private ownership."

That's all that comes to mind. Have a nice day.