HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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encourage communist revolutions in thecolonies of the European powers
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transform the Soviet Union into anindustrial power
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expand the Soviet Union’s borders toinclude warm-water ports
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reduce the amount of foreign aid comingfrom the Western Hemisphere
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Detailed explanation-1: -Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan, adopted by the party in 1928, called for rapid industrialization of the economy, with an emphasis on heavy industry. It set goals that were unrealistic-a 250 percent increase in overall industrial development and a 330 percent expansion in heavy industry alone.
Detailed explanation-2: -The initial five-year plans aimed to achieve rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union and thus placed a major focus on heavy industry. The first five-year plan, accepted in 1928 for the period from 1929 to 1933, finished one year early.
Detailed explanation-3: -Purpose was to greatly increase industrial production. more machinery, more steel production, new factories, more oil production and more electrical power plants.