Stalin: Was He Really so Bad?

I disagree with the claim that Stalin brought his country and his people nothing but harm. While Stalin is indeed remembered for his 'malicious' takeover of central and eastern Europe, the Man of Steel had numerous successful as well as unsuccessful domestic policies between 1929 to his death.
<Tab/>Stalin understood as early as 1928 that the Soviet economy lagged behind the rest of Europe. For this reason he began implementing the 5 year plans, under which goals would be set out for each industry including agriculture, which the proletariet would then have to meet. This mode…