Agricultural Change Flashcards
Why was agriculture seen as important?
-agri organisation seen as prerequisite for rapid Ind
What happened to grain + why?
-surplus grain needed for export
-to enable purchase Ind equipment + feed growing Ind workforce
What was a limitation to this?
-peasants still not producing enough by 1927
-ideological beliefs favoured a more socialist system in countryside
Who were critics of the free market + what did they believe?
-created by NEP
-believed system working to adv of peasants over Ind workers
-peasants holding back move to socialism
What did Stalin’s great turn include regarding farming?
-a move towards collective farming
-to provide more efficient farming, more opportunity for mechanisation, grain collected easier, ‘socialise’ the peasants
What was collective farming?
-all agri workers employed on large ‘factory-farms’
-delivering grain quotas + other food products to state
What happened in 1926 I’m agriculture which sparked the need for change?
-good harvest but only 50% of what was required
-increased tax on kulaks + NEPmen accused of hoarding
What happened in 1927?
-grain procurement crisis
-impact Ind growth in cities
What happened in dec 1927?
-15th PC - Stalin argues in favour voluntary collectivisation + mechanisation in agri
What happened in 1928/29?
-Ural-Siberian method of forced seizure of grain
-NEP ended
What happened in dec 1929?
-forced collectivisation begins as peasants don’t collectivise under voluntary system
