Stalin's First Five-Year Plan stressed
a. increases in electricity and heavy industries.
b. production of consumer goods for export.
c. acquiring colonies to protect the Soviet economy.
d. decentralized control and economic incentives.
e. participation in the European Union.
ANSWER:
a
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