ECONOMY AND SOCIETY: The Success Of Collectivisation

Question 1

What happened to the industrial workforce under collectivisation?

Answer 1

It was fed

Question 2

What happened to exports of grain under collectivisation?

Answer 2

Increased

Question 3

What happened to agricultural production during the period of peasant opposition?

Answer 3

It fell

Recovery didn’t take place until the late 1930s

Question 4

Negatives of collectivisation

Answer 4

25-30% of cattle, pigs and sheep were slaughtered by peasants between 1929 and 1933
The party activists knew nothing of farming

Question 5

What was politically positive for Stalin about collectivisation?

Answer 5

Soviet regime extended its political control over the countryside
Reinforced Stalin’s control in the USSR
Those in the right who opposed collectivisation such as Bukharin and Rykov lost power and influence as the USSR moved to Stalin’s socialism
Class differences were abolished