I agree to a large extent that Stalin's Economic Policies were detrimental to the USSR. Collectivisation managed to increase the amount of grain produced in the USSR and managed to make most of the farms state-controlled. The grain production helped USSR to open more factories and more trade, improving the country's economy. However, collectivization caused many people to die. They were sent to labour camps after they resisted collectivisation. When the great famine occurred from 1932 to 1933, more than 30 million people's harvests were taken from the government, leading to millions of people starving to death. When the government came to collect their harvest, in order not to support them, the farmers killed all their lifestyle before they arrived, causing the whole of Russia to be down on food supplies. Due to these problems that occurred during the Five Year Plans, the USSR's grain production compared to the production during the Tsar's rule actually decreased. Therefore I agree to a large extent that Stalin's Economic Policies were detrimental to the USSR due to the mass prosecution and killings of those who opposed it.