Collectivisation -small plots of land put together to form large farms -peasants worked together on these farms stalin set up first collective farm called kolkhov in 1929 -farms run by committee overseen by local communist party -the workers kept and shared 10% of crops -state bought the rest at a fixed price -kulaks resented having their land taken away from them -they lost position as most important farmers -peasants also unhappy although their lives improved -as state had control of land -worked slowly and badly to make as little surplus as possible -cos extra food went to the state -some even slaughtered their livestock and burned down buildings -dont want the state to have them
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stalin's response -saw kulaks as greatest problem -kulaks: no loyalty to communism,stood in ways of his reforms -used propaganda to encourage hatred of kulaks -labelled them as parasites and banned them from working on farms -many of them sent to labour camps
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the price of progress -peasants had better lives -state provided education,healthcare,fuel,clothes and food -people had little freedom -machinery made farming more efficient and easy
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did collectivisation work? -it did in a way -agriculture production increased -but more from taking more from the peasants than increase in crop production -
