What were negative aspects of Joseph Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan? Choose three correct answers.

The First Five-Year Plan rapidly expanded heavy industry, but its rushed production targets led to waste and inefficiency. The government also relied on enslaved laborers, including prisoners in labor camps, and prioritized industrial investment over everyday needs, causing shortages of consumer goods. The plan did not generally set back modernization or cause an overall decline in infrastructure.

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