HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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produce more consumer goods
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expand exports
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create an increased demand for high-quality imports
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develop heavy industry
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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: -In 1928 Stalin introduced an economic policy based on a cycle of Five-Year Plans. The First Five-Year Plan called for the collectivization of agriculture and the expansion of heavy industry, like fuel extraction, energy generation, and steel production.
Detailed explanation-3: -By 1952, industrial production was nearly double the 1941 level ("five-year plans"). Stalin’s five-year plans helped transform the Soviet Union from an untrained society of peasants to an advanced industrial economy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did Stalin want to increase industrial production in the Five Year Plans? Stalin wanted to increase industrial production because he wanted to modernize the soviet state and to catch up to the other countries.