Collectivisation Flashcards
1
Q
What new farms did collectivisation create?
A
- Kolkhoz = shared profits
- Sovkhoz = paid wages
2
Q
Why did these farms require fewer people and what did this cause?
A
Were more efficient:
- many peasants emigrated to towns and cities
3
Q
How many households by 1936 were part of collective farms?
A
90% = changed compared to Stolypin
4
Q
What was Bolsehvikisation?
A
Similar to Russification
= both used Russian language - means to ultimate control
5
Q
How did Collectivisation include the modernisation of agriculture?
A
- MTS stations for tractors
- Foreign investment for advanced machinery
BUT Kulaks removed
6
Q
What was the MTS used for?
A
Control of the peasants
7
Q
What were the results of the 1932-33 famine?
A
- 5-10m dead
- Huge loss of livestock
8
Q
What was the 5 Stalks Law?
A
Any peasants caught hoarding more than 5 stalks of grain were deemed ‘counter revolutionaries’
9
Q
How did collectivisation create change?
A
- New system of farming
- Use of technology BUT used inefficiently
- Shift in population + no Kulaks
- No rural uprisings
- Positive for poor peasants = private allotments
