1. List at least three changes to society that occurred in Russia prior to World War II that were similar to those experienced by the remainder of Europe during the Industrial Revolution
People moved into the cities. Majority of people was first "employed" as farmes (in russia they were acutally serfs until the mid 19th century), then they became workers.
The first five-year plan for economic development was launched in 1928, and was followed by two more, each one setting extravagent targets for the expansion of heavy industry.
The regime fomented a popular hatred against spies and sabateurs which turned into a nationwide witchhunt as brutal as the Terror of the French Revolution. In 1937-38 the terror reached its ghastly cresendo with the slaughter of more than 600,000 suspects by the State Security Apparatus, including much of the senior officer corps.
