Collectivization
- Collectivization- all peasants were to work on collective farms
- Called Kolkhoz, all land was pooled together
- Party officials monitored their output
- By 1932 62% of all peasants collectivized
- Kulaks wealthier peasants who owned their own farms (resistance)- would burn them or walk away in protest
- They were killed or sent to Gulags in Siberia
- Seen as a threat to collectivization due to their free enterprise ideals
Interesting Fact
The average life expectancy of a camp prisoner was one winter.
Quote
"Look at the kulaks farms : their barns and sheds are crammed with grain. And yet they are holding onto this grain because they are demanding three times the price offered by the government."
-Stalin
-Stalin
Subjunctive Question
If Trotsky had won the power struggle over Stalin, how would the treatment of Russians have differed?
Summary
Stalin made all peasants work on collective farms. This was known as collectivization. All land was pooled together and it became known as Kolkhoz. By 1932 62% of all peasants collectivized and their output was monitored by party officials. Kulaks were wealthier peasants who owned their own farms. They resisited against the governemnt and would burn their farms or walk away in protest. They were seen as a threat to collectivization due to their free enterprise ideals. The majority of Kulaks were killed or sent to Gulags in Siberia.