The dictator, Joseph Stalin, ruled Russia from 1929 to 1953 (2014), according to the History Channel. During his time as dictator, Stalin devised a significant plan to help Russia expand. This plan was called the Five Year Plan. The goal of Stalin's five-year plan was to quickly industrialize the nation so it could catch up with the West (Shmoop editorial team). Stalin also decided to collectivise agriculture, which meant he thought he could get peasants to produce more crops by moving them from their individual farms to large-scale mechanical enterprises (Shmoop Editorial Team). Stalin, in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, is portrayed as a power-hungry bore. As the novel progresses and the boring Napoleon gains power over the farm, a windmill is built. The relationship between Stalin's Five Year Plan and the construction of the windmill can be seen through understanding the history of the Five Year Plan, there are many similarities between Napoleon and Stalin in the novel, and the construction of the windmill is historically accurate. The annual plan was d...