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1931 is full-on collectivisation period. Only by 1929 the Soviet economy recovered from the brutal civil war in which it was invaded by 17 countries.
In 1929 it was a feudal country starting the fastest process of industrialisation humanity had ever seen. In 1929 5% of the budget was military, by 1939 it was 40+%. The USSR was preparing for the inevitable invasion that it would suffer as a consequence of opposing capitalism and fascism, which came in 1941. 27 million people died in 1941-1945 as a consequence of the war. Hadn't it been for the preparation for war, the entirety of Eastern Europe would have been genocided in a similar but worse fashion than Poland.
This preparation literally SAVED Europe from Nazism. There were problems in the process, such as during collectivisation, but if you deny that the Soviet preparation and economy SAVED Europe from fascism, you're falling into Nazi apologia. You really, really can't see why the USSR had to prepare thoroughly for the impending war that they successfully predicted? You really can't see why 1930s weren't a peaceful period, but actually a process of class war against landlords and former nobility, and a preparation to defeat fascism?