How did the Soviet Union’s form of government spare them from the effects of the Great Depression?

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The Soviet Union—the world's first state based on communist economics—did not suffer economic collapse. Joseph Stalin used the opportunity to create a Five Year Plan in 1928, calling for taking land from individual peasants and putting it under the control of group "collectives", while also rapidly building Soviet industry. Of course, Joseph Stalin broke a few eggs in making this economic omelet - around 20 million of them. As the U.S.S.R. transformed itself into a state-planned industrial economy in the 1930's, Stalin's government purged Soviet society of anyone who resisted. Around 20 million people starved or were killed in these purges. Nevertheless, the Soviet economy looked better, and this was one reason many countries in the West began to think maybe they should be controlling their economies more as well.