The Third 5-Year Plan: 1938-1941
Planned to produce more consumer goods, such as radios and bicycles, to raise the quality of life of Russian people. There was also a plan to improve the quality, rather than just the quantity, of goods produced.
In reality much industry was directed towards defence.
Nevertheless, there were economic improvements: Rationing came to an end and free education and medicine were made available to more and more of the population.
Any economic growth was interrupted in June 1941 when the German army invaded Russia. The Russians managed to resist the German invasion single-handedly until June 1944 D-Day landings.