First 5 year plan (oct 1, 1928 – dec 1, 1932)

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- Laid out production quotas (not means)

- Managers falsified production figures (they did not meet the targets)

- Used as propaganda to inspire the workers. People were encouraged to work harder in order to build a better society

- Those who opposed the plan were put on public trial as saboteurs. Effectively removed Stalin's opposition

- Living standards didn't rise, and workers rights did not improve

- Mass labour instead of more efficient machines used

- Agriculture consistently lacked funds, which were allocated to industrialisation instead

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