HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers
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transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power
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expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports
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reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary goal of the plan was to turn the Soviet Union from a mostly agricultural into an industrialized country. The secondary goal was collectivization of agriculture which was supposed to aid in industrialization. One of the reasons for the plan’s launch in 1928 was the grain shortage of 1927-1928.
Detailed explanation-2: –The rapid industrialization of Russia was Stalin’s main goal.-Apart from keeping Stalin in power, he wanted the Soviet Union to become a developed nation in order to protect itself from military action.-Stalin worked tirelessly to bring the Soviet Union’s industrialization to fruition.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -What were the goals and results of Stalin’s Five-Year Plan? Goals: Improve Russian economy, create a heavy industry, improve transports, improve farms production. Results: Impressive industrialization, improved skills of workers. But living standards remained low.