If the people disobeyed Stalin, they would have been killed. This caused many people to panic and when people panic they make mistakes and when people make mistakes they get hurt or killed. Although Stalin's rule caused many deaths, huge progress was made during this era. His five-year plans had improved Russia's economy, especially the production of substances such as oil, coal, iron and electricity. The production in agriculture such as grain increased a lot because of Stalin's rule although people didn’t like it. If Stalin didn’t kill people, his plans wouldn’t have worked. Russia was facing a crisis since Lenin had died, and it would also be likely that Russians would have died without Stalin's rule. Overall Stalin’s rule was good and it was successful but not that many people should have died.