Collectivization
Purpose of Collectivization
In 1927 and 1928, peasants refused to sell their grain to the Soviet government for the low prices that the latter was demanding. In response, Joseph Stalin instigated a collectivization campaign.
"Comrade, come join our kolkhoz!" -Caption of poster |
"...it may be said with certainty that so long as there are kulaks, so long will there be sabotage of the grain procurements. In order to put the grain procurements on a more or less satisfactory basis, other measures are required. What measures exactly? I have in mind developing the formation of collective farms and state farms. |
Process of CollectivizationDuring his collectivization campaign, Joseph Stalin replaced private producers with collective farmers and sellers.
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(Interview excerpts from the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System)
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"...the collective-farm movement, which has assumed the character of a mighty and growing anti-kulak avalanche, is sweeping the resistance of the kulak from its path, is shattering the kulak class and paving the way for extensive socialist construction in the countryside." -Excerpt from Joseph Stalin's report "Concerning Questions of Agrarian Policy in the U.S.S.R.", December 27, 1929 |