The First Soviet Five Year Plan

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[@noudfrenken1]

Nice! This is what, your 26th channel?🤣

[@shanehaney6040]

Another day, another channel, another step closer to Simon being the only KZbinr on the site.

[@mishrachabra4471]

Do a megaproject on TESLA GIGAFACTORY in California

[@chronosschiron]

bad breath megaproject......

[@surrodox]

Megaproject idea: Simon's channel managing skills

[@williamwilson304]

This is perfect we need his wisdom!

[@hughjass9914]

Holy shit....

[@generalhyde007]

Is this 9 channels that he has done or is doing now?

[@zacharystewart9790]

Haha right! He should make a video giving everyone who helps with his channels a shout-out

[@outcast170]

Not to mention his new kid, I guess that's one way to get out of changing diapers, "Sorry I can't get this one, uh... I'm starting a new channel!"

[@MatthewJemilo]

"First of thirteen 'Five Year Plans.'" -yeah, I'm down for 12 more of these

[@Arbiter099]

It's like potatoe chips or battles on the Isonzo river, you can't have just one

[@kailashbtw9103]

SAME i really liked it. Also I think he was very impartial in detailing it. There were terrifying human losses during those 5 years, but there were also massive industrial gains and it cemented Russia as a global superpower.

[@mannymarotta]

@@Arbiter099and like Battles of the Isonzo River, they all result in bureaucrats bungling things up and thousands of people dying

[@tyrantstomper]

Sounds like "15 days" to slow the spread, just about 50 times back to back

[@lordcabello]

I would love to see the rest of them!!

[@cammando2363]

Wouldn’t mind hearing more about the next few 5 year plans

[@matthewmoser1284]

Anybody else come here after watching Simon lament how no one watched this in his T-35 video? 😅

[@External2737]

Yes, I... had to search for this video.

[@Quinnknights]

heh yup

[@srdavis37]

Yep. Felt sorry for him, so here I am!

[@lsxbird7874]

Yup. Glad I did

[@Couldnt_let_J.Marston_die]

Giving you an update after watching the T35 video this video was the first video that popped up afterwards. So Simon's mentioning the video has definitely helped.

[@owensquelch449]

So thats; Megaprojects Geographic Business blaze Today I found out Toptenz Simon whistler Side projects (I'm probably missing some aswell) That Simon Whistler is host of. This guy takes up like half the channels I watch. Edit: biographics, just remembered.

[@RonaldMcPaul]

Visual Politik 4 months ago.

[@tsartomato]

simon whistler show

[@bethroesch2156]

No such thing as too much Simon Whistler

[@matthewmartel9295]

Highlight History (according to the video's description)

[@pauricshanley6026]

And biographics

[@bradenwilliams5826]

Megaprojects: the boeing Everett factory: home to the largest building in the world by volume

[@tonybrodeur4766]

YES!!!

[@spoon102]

across town from my house lol

[@tgdm]

Is that the one that produces its own interior weather patterns?

[@bradenwilliams5826]

tgdm, I know that they do develop clouds inside due to the 11 story height.

[@Tubluer]

@@tgdm Houston Astrodome does that. It's been known to rain inside.

[@victorbeltramo3314]

Megaprojects suggestion: Moving the swedish town Kiruna to prevent it from falling down a mine.

[@DarthBigBen]

We should take Kiruna, and push it somewhere else!

[@nashthebaker9338]

Megaprojects Suggestions: German bucket wheel excavators and Big Muskie. Both are/were the largest terrestrial machines on the planet.

[@toddlerj102]

That's a fikkin huge machine! What is it like supposed to be , each bucket would fit a van in it or something an like 20 buckets on the wheel. I second your suggestion!

[@nashthebaker9338]

@@toddlerj102 Big Muskie had the biggest single bucket of any digging machine in the world. 2 Greyhound busses could fit side by side in it.

[@le_travie7724]

The Bagger 288

[@ryandowney8743]

In the second Ghost Rider movie he turns a bucket wheel excavator into a fiery hellvehicle!

[@anarchyantz1564]

Megaproject Suggestion. Longest deep bore ice core in Antarctica. Took years, loads of drama with it and they found some cool stuff like a fresh water lake under the ice containing previously unknown lifeforms. Would go Well with the other hole projects that are popular

[@edbangor9163]

Really hard to think about "popular holes" and keep a straight face

[@anarchyantz1564]

@@edbangor9163 Yeah, Simon really makes probing deep dark holes in the backend of beyond appealing doesn't he?

[@Oorlich95]

@@edbangor9163 Especially with your name.

[@armr6937]

Vostok Lake

[@anarchyantz1564]

@@armr6937 Thats the one.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

4:10 - Chapter 1 - Lenin death 6:20 - Chapter 2 - 1928 8:55 - Chapter 3 - Propaganda 10:10 - Chapter 4 - The farming collective 14:00 - Chapter 5 - Sucesses & failures 16:15 - Chapter 6 - 1 down, 13 to go

[@glennlaroche1524]

Simon: starts aNoThEr channel Cats: we no longer control the internet-call for an orbital strike

[@stephjovi]

They still control the rest of the internet 😂.

[@robbiebrownvox]

Here's an idea for ridiculous technological innovations still in use: the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico! It hosts one of the largest radio telescopes in the world and is one of the observatories currently monitoring petty little things in space like mass extinction causing asteroids and other various space junk. This would also pose an opportunity to talk about future changes to a megaproject, as it had structural issues and considerable damage just this summer.

[@joshuaf4867]

Yes please!

[@killerlalu1]

I would love this! Great suggestion... No matter which channel it ends up on.

[@Comet8489]

Yes!

[@howellgreenland2506]

I've been there.....It's awesome! Please do it Simon?

[@louithrottler]

I heard it took some pretty severe damage in a storm, that at the time was odd to me 'cos I'd finished reading about it literally a week before. Have they repaired it yet?

[@ameliaphaff2691]

I want more 5 year plan videos! Even if it's a small audience

[@pamelamays4186]

Yes, please, a continuation of the Five Year Plans!

[@Itzmihowz]

Given that the first five-year plan resulted in the Soviet union eventually becoming a world power, learning more detail of the events leading to its ultimate collapse would be interesting to say the least

[@Farming-Technology]

Do you remember when the Simon Whistler show used to be called KZbin?

[@AnthonyWilliamscs]

I'm highly interested in the remaining plans! Also, thoroughly impressed with the consistency and quality of your myriad of channels' videos. Keep it up! I'll keep subbing to all of 'em, ♥

[@TheTrueMorningStar]

Simon- "I had no idea that there were so many of these." Me- "Well yeah, there was a new one every five years, LOL"

[@fukkitful]

I thought it was just a Stalin thing. I didn't realize they kept it going after his death.

[@eFeXuy]

Speaking of economy reverting projects: the Autobahn

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

You said this video did poorly on your T-35 video. I'm here to make amends.

[@chrisjohnson500]

Same

[@vegeta0123]

Ditto

[@rs47vh36]

the Brenner-Base-Tunnel in conjuction with the Brennernordzuluf would make for a good episode.

[@Millie-moo-too]

I would enjoy seeing another of these plans, they’re fascinating! Thank you for your videos 🥰

[@lsxbird7874]

Good video, id watch as many more that you are willing to put out. Dont worry about the numbers any particular video puts out , or what does well. Keep making videos that you like doing , and viewers will appreciate your work.

[@AN-dz6lg]

Simon.... Ive played and replayed this video over 270,000k times to up the view count in hopes of getting the next 12 parts. Throw me bone already.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

You left us hanging! Definitely want to hear more about the subsequent plans. Honestly this was a lot more interesting topic than I thought it would be, and gave me insight into this conflicted period of history. So many channels, so much good content, Simon & team!!! 💚✊

[@numbernegative2248]

I got a suggestion you might like: During the 1850s and 1860s the city of Chicago had to install it's sewer system, but since the city was already built at only about 4ft above the shores of Lake Michigan they actually raised the entire city, building by building on jackscrews as they built the sewers. Literally raising the elevation of an entire city is pretty mega. Edit: Hey! Simon did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4i0kmWgeLOtf8U

[@jimtalbott9535]

They had to do the reverse in Seattle about 100 years ago also - had to grade down some very steep hills - ended up exposing basement walls in some places.....

[@simonbrooks4088]

Awesome presentation as always. Fascinating subject. Excellent over-view. Thank you. Bring on the next in this series😊

[@jaydearien8624]

Great stuff! More, please! I can’t believe the quality and volume of highly informative material you are cranking out, Simon! Wow!

[@xILLxChronic]

Hey Simon, I'm here from the T-35 Tank video on SideProjects.

[@nathangriese1824]

An idea: it's mega: the Mackinac (mak-in-aw) Bridge in Michigan

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

And the Rouge Complex.

[@jacobduhthrowbak3226]

Simon I love your channels, you're my breakfast companion every morning. I've always been fascinated with Soviet Russia and the cold war in general, please do more videos on the topic, I'll watch them all. Keep up the good work my friend!

[@urbansea12]

I truly appreciate all the content you put out, thank you!

[@krald8421]

I wonder who started those rumors about invasion, certainly not the party

[@Theultimateginger]

I’m now subscribed to 4 channels hosted by Simon and I don’t think that’s enough 😂😂

[@megaprojects9649]

Confirmed. Four is not enough. I want all of your subscriptions, Harry. ALL OF THEM

[@stipe3124]

We are Simon you will be assimilated, ressistance is futile, subscribe, subscribe... Already subscribed and happy 👍 LLP Simon and keep doing what you are doing 💪😎

[@___ty__]

I really enjoyed this video and would love to see more of this style!

[@BlazeSilverWolf]

Subscribed to yet another channel of yours. Keep it up Simon & team!

[@woofernando7076]

Yup, definitely want more of this 5 year plans. Bring it.

[@DCHasso]

Honestly binge watching so many of your channels. Would enjoy more of these 5 step plans

[@danieljones9937]

Excellent vid. I'm definitely up for the rest of these too... :)

[@Get-Native]

I feel like you are teaching me a university level course in soviet history! How about a megaprojects video about the power grid network and how it compared to western ones? Or even moving away from Russia, the worlds biggest power grid?

[@ianmathwiz7]

Or related to that, Lenin's 15-year plan to electrify Russia.

[@amydigman2292]

Mega project ideas - Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The LEM for the Apollo Missions to the Moon or the Lunar Rovers. Also the pyramids of Giza and the Great Pyramid for the First Emperor of China with his pits of terracotta warriors as well as scribes, slaves and concubines. Just a few ideas.

[@AtodaK]

This was great, I'd love to listen to more of these.

[@daflotsam]

Fantastic episode. This is like a deep dive of an album. Would love more like this.

[@taqiyasir8086]

Stalin's logic: The end justifies the means

[@squee222]

which is an excuse as his ends would only justified the means if a massive war broke out shortly afterwards - and he had no way to predict that... as such his means were done with no "end" to justify them. His constant fearmongering of a looming war to justify it was propaganda. Oddly WWII did happen but that was not foresight but a strange sort of luck - which just led to more death for the soviets. Arguably the death toll of industrialization was higher than anything the Nazis could have inflicted on russia if they stayed agrarian.

[@GodlikeIridium]

Thats the logic of all leftists...

[@user-wj8xf8cs8o]

@@squee222 lol, wut? no way to predict a full scale war? What a complete bullshit. Literally everyone, who had even a slightest clue, knew, that the next World War is inevitable. It became obvious the very monent the WW1 ended.

[@littleabigail4328]

Also, if Germany won they would have genocided all the soviets at least up to the Urals. Which was 80-100 million people.

[@gabbar51ngh]

Now look at neutered russia with USSR dissolved. barely the superpower it used to be.

[@JasonDoe1000]

I was already worried that Simon hasn't created a new channel in the last three weeks Good to see that he is fine though and added another one to his collection

[@dianasparrow7624]

Great vid yes please would like to see more on this!

[@justchevrotainrating]

This was fascinating! I am glad I watched this.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Simon is the Wikipedia of KZbin. He's done videos on pretty much everything and everyone (of importance) who's ever existed.

[@outcast170]

So... Simon isn't important? Just keep in mind, once he consumes all of KZbin, there will be only Simon... This is only the begining.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

@@outcast170 Good point. Im actually one of the many who've recommended Simon do a story of himself on biographics.

[@MashMonster69]

@@outcast170 then we'll have to play KZbin says.

[@leighpowell1062]

Simon the real Jesus

[@outcast170]

@@leighpowell1062 Nah, although he's definitely "delivering the message", he hasn't tried to convert us to the Church of Simon... Wait a minute, he's done videos on subliminal messages, all masterminds love to tell you HOW their going to take over, while their doing it... Oh no, we've already been indoctrinated to the Church of Simon Says. Eh, I've been in worse groups. Either that brainwashing was great or Simon really is a nice deity to follow. Speaking of Jesus though, he does have the epic beard, often walks around with no shoes (when is the last time you saw his shoes?), and always has a message to deliver while attempting to make us better people through information. Again I say, that must have been some good brain washing.

[@davidgreen3423]

Simon, you should make this series like the Corporate Darwin Awards and have the biggest failures as bonus facts at the end! As an American student, we aren't taught much about the turmoils that other nations face so these videos are always very fascinating and educational

[@ostapshchurko3089]

New subscriber here , been binging your Playlist qt work Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@novelknowledge]

Thanks for the reference from your other video Simon.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Half of my subscriptions are Simon's channels... Simon: I've got a new channel!

[@ghaznavid]

Same here!

[@garethbaus5471]

He won't stop until he hits 99.9% of your subscriptions.

[@currykingwurst6393]

Funfact: He just started another channel yesterday. xplrd

[@nichmiller4251]

Simon should host a skillshare on managing 61 KZbin channels

[@Code3forever]

This is a good video and topic. Please continue.

[@georgegillett6059]

Subscribed to side projects and chasing down your 'less popular' videos on these crazy soviet economic plans 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@TacomaNative]

Omg please continue this story. It had me feeling like i was right there with the desperate Soviet people. I could almost feel the sorrow and despair you could see on their faces. Great job Simon!

[@dbatchison]

You should do one on the Moscow Metro system

[@Bigdeathy]

@Anthony Swiss Metro 2033; classic

[@kailashbtw9103]

Metro 2033 by Simon.

[@purpleldv966]

why? Is any different then others? It surely isn't older or bigger then the London one, so what would be the point?

[@dbatchison]

@@purpleldv966 It's larger than Londons, and it's stations are basically works of art. Created to show off the impressiveness of the USSR

[@worldoftancraft]

@@purpleldv966 Bigger and it only grows...

[@superduper1917]

Side Projects! You are just crushing it! I keep finding you in different places on KZbin and I get hooked on all of them! Brother you are the algorithm! Loving It! Keep rocking the Free World Sir!

[@ElijahPerrin80]

I look forward to your side piece. Thanks I was just saying I need more channels of yours lol :) good idea to get multiple channels. Good show again.

[@joeyr7294]

I wouldn't mind seeing a second episode of this! Keep up the awesome content 🍻

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

New channel idea: Mini projects. Episode one: That time a man made a cup of coffee.

[@lizlewis238]

Sounds more like a megaproject imo Think of the overruns, the delays, the extortionate cost

[@danielbronfenbrener5601]

You think he should make another channel?

[@duncanmaclean2263]

Please make more of these!!

[@phoenixjen8986]

This was really interesting and well done, and I’d really like to see more videos about the other plans in the future

[@internetzenmaster8952]

9:45 One of Karl Marx's biggest gripes with the bourgeoisie/capitalists when writing Das Kapital and the Communist Manifesto was that the owners of the factories treated workers like "cogs in a machine"... Which is essentially the same thing that Stalin's USSR did to so many workers. To quote Sheev Palpatine: "Ironic."

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

The soviet union had very little to do with marx ideas. Kinda like usa's "all men are created equal".

[@gabbar51ngh]

"That wasn't real Socialism"

[@inewulf3204]

I'll make more anyway because I love praise. Well at least he's honest

[@mvcatdaddy]

Well done and informative video about a crucial period of Soviet history. Do more.

[@bradmotoko]

I love this idea for a series and I can’t wait to see more

[@delacroixp]

Loving it - Megaproject suggestions: Heavy Haul railways and India's electrified double-stack railway corridor

[@robertboemke8705]

If you do that, then you should do Mao's Great Leap Forward next.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

And the Cultural Revolution, Mao's later monstrous madness.

[@khanjones9390]

Youre right this was an underappreciated video! I think it was my favourite, please do the next 5 years

[@Technoid_Mutant]

Yes, please do more. I loved this video.

[@dmacpher]

Mega project idea : Danny’s spread sheets and filing system.

[@ziggy2shus624]

When Hitler invaded Russia in 1941, he invaded with over 500,000 horses. When you get beyond the thin front line of trucks, tanks and aircraft, the German Army of 1941 was a horse drawn army.

[@71kimg]

And due to this lack of oil - the German invasion routes usually followed the train lines

[@pyromania1018]

Ever watched Potential History's videos on the Nazi war "machine"?

[@jeremys.950]

Make another one. I love this stuff and I have enjoyed watching this one several times lol

[@charlenasutherland]

I’m looking forward for the rest!👍

[@singular9]

People always underestimate the USSR...but the fact they were in million man casualty wars from ww1, the revolution, and ww2, they came really far in such a short time and even managed to send people into space in just 15 years after ww2.

[@singular9]

@Anthony Swiss my bad, typo thanks for catching it

[@LordSluggo]

Comrade, congratulations on fulfilling your annual channel quota!

[@drewrub7415]

Thanks Simon. That was a great vid.

[@pauljohnson271]

Great stuff! Keep it up! Maybe do videos on other 5 year plans…? I hope so.

[@zackmorrison470]

"How many lights do you see, Picard?!" -Gul Madred, Star Trek: TNG, "Chain of Command I & II" I, for one, would be interested in hearing about the rest of the "5 Year Plans." So little of "History" is actually covered in the U.S. public school system, that I find myself continually surprised (and a bit embarrassed) by how much I don't know about some of the most important events in world history. I have a much better appreciation for the importance of not simply "learning history," but rather UNDERSTANDING the complexities which lead to important events and the consequences thereafter. I was familiar with the "2 + 2 = 5" reference to the novel "1984," and understood that it was more about submission/mind control than arithmetic, but I was not aware of its actual use in Soviet Propaganda, nor its meaning in that specific context and in the greater context of the Soviet industrialization plans. That adds several layers of depth to something I previously thought I was quite familiar with. I wonder what else is contained in the subsequent "Plans." =)

[@leighpowell1062]

THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS

[@eddietat95]

It could have been worse. They could have gone for a great leap forward.

[@ryann8680]

ain't communism fun

[@kieranh2005]

Especially with all of the leaderships competing to show their ideological purity and commitment to the cause.

[@fredmyers120]

With every Communist movement comes their inevitable Purges. The most self-destructive & "Cannibalistic" form of government ever.

[@skizzik121]

@@ryann8680 read this as ANTI communism fun then realized both comments work

[@bushmanPMRR]

Hitler: I'm bad! Stalin: Hold my vodka Mao: Meh, amateurs

[@sevin2e]

More please, I really enjoyed this

[@dedogster]

Now I want to know more about the other 5 year plans! Thanks for doing this!

[@johncollins5091]

Now do one on Japanese Industrialization for comparison. Japan managed to almost completely modernise from a feudal decentralized government to an absolute centralized constitutional monarchy with a railroad network spanning the whole country and factories and an army to match (and win against) Tsarist Russia itself. And all in a little over 10 or 20 years.

[@gabbar51ngh]

Japan's industrialization is actually a good counter to socialist's using USSR industrialization as a a defense for socialism.

[@chepushila1]

@@gabbar51ngh The Japanese did not do it under such immense social pressure. And it ultimately resulted in WW2 which was a catastrophe for Japan.

[@brentgranger7856]

Collectivization also resulted in mass sabotage of property such as burning wheat fields and sabotaging tractors and other farm equipment. If they couldn't have them, then neither could the state.

[@h.db.9684]

I have basically zero belief in the authenticity of those stories. Whenever a Soviet plan hit the toilet, some “wrecker” always turned up to take the blame. Given that the same results occurred during other efforts by socialist governments yielded similar results, I suspect my disbelief is well placed.

[@chepushila1]

@@h.db.9684 I have absolute belief in the authenticity of those stories. I know the mentality of my people very well. This is exactly what happened.

[@yobboboyyo6003]

hey simon, love the the beard bro. Keep it going!!!!!

[@ChristopherGonzalez1280]

Subscribed. Keep up the good work!

[@plinkitee]

I have a new hobby: collecting Simon Whistler channels. I now have 6 and I look forward to more. 😁

[@alancranford3398]

I approve of putting the 5 year plans under Mega Projects. Even though it was a dumpster fire it did work--because without these blood-soaked five year plans Hitler would have crushed the USSR. That doesn't mean that the five year plans were good things. It's hard to view these things objectively because the past is messy and chaotic--it was life.

[@Dan-Martin]

People don't understand that if it wasn't for the rapid industrialization, Hitler would have destroyed the USSR.

[@madgavin7568]

@@Dan-Martin Russia lost the First World War partially because it was not a very industrialized nation.

[@beaverjacob_214]

Love the content from this channel, would like to see another 5 year plan video.

[@davidandrews3948]

Alex in Yr 10B found this really interesting and really loves your programmes. Do lots!

[@tokyosmash]

Simon with a new channel? Imagine my shock.

[@heckinmemes6430]

One step further on the path to youtube domination.

[@justinchan112]

Giving you my love and praise!

[@BG_NC]

I'd love to hear more about the other 5 year plans. Not something I know much about, and your videos make everything so interesting! It's a shame that not all of your videos get the attention they deserve

[@thefastestfastalive8315]

Please continue cause I'm really interested and very confused with the 5 year plans, although I've studied them. You simplify them to an extend I can understand. Thank's Simon.

[@LtColShingSides]

You have to get in on the ground floor with all these new channels so you can get all the inside jokes

[@williamsimmons152]

Mid 50’s ( I was 10 ) I somehow acquired a 1940’s stand up RCA radio with short wave frequencies on the dial. I remember listening to Radio Moscow a bunch of times and there was a lot of talk about 5 year plans. Mostly about agriculture I think. I still recall the “chimed” ( like bells) musical announcement that you had tuned into the right frequency. They also played the morbid funeral march when someone of importance had died.

[@stevolarry420stevenslozz3]

COME ON SIMON WE NEED MORE OF THESE!!!