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Collectivisation Of Agriculture
collectivisation of agriculture
peasants were a force to be reckoned with they made up upto 80% of the population in the soviet union
they were a force to be crushed and bent to the will of the state
Bukharin maintained a financial incentive to keep up productivity, but he didnt want this, as he wanted it to be under full control of the state
by 1936 approximately 90% peasant homes were collectivised
there were several advantages to collectivisations
collectivisation gave the state control to the main source of rational of wealth
agriculture helped to pay tribute to industry and cheap fod to feed cites
food production was made more effecient
not all peasants needed or wanted to work in the country side, and would be encouraged to live in the city
Collectivisation was an important way to instill communalism and to provide a workforce for industrialized cities
collective farms were established to replace individual farms, any who disagreed was branded and were punished
approximately 25 million small peasant farms were turned into collective farms
consequences of collectivisation
collectivisation caused a massive social upeavel, people were bewildered and confused, and peasants became disoriented and confused by the disruption
many of the peasants ate their seed corn and slaughtered their livestock, leading to no crops to reap and to animals to rear
many parts of the soviet union persisted in the 30's however the worst years were 1932-33, 6-8million estimated people died due to starvation
te population of ukraine and Kazakhstan suffering severly
desperate peasants moved to larger towns with huge number, this was a huge problem as a system of internal passports were administeree
despite the tragedy the local press had only two aims; serving to protect the images of Stali as wel l as the conspiracy to silence to ease the distress
leaving aside tthe human suffering the enforced migration enalbled Stalin to relieve the pressure on land and rovide a workforce the enabled industrialization programme to be introduced