Social developments in the countryside Flashcards
When was the Great Turn?
1928
How many of the farms had been collectivised by 1929
Less than 5 %
When did Stalin announce he would ‘annihilate the Kulak class’
Dec 1929
When was the 1st Stage of collectivisation?
1929-1930
Describe the 1st stage of collectivisation?
New procurement quotas
punishments 4 peasants who did not keep up
propgand acampaign against kulaks
OPGU and Red Army used to force this
How much of the peasant households were destroyed?
c15%
How many peasants were forced to migrate North and East to poorer land.
c150,000
When did Stalin announce that 25% of grain-farming areas were to be collectivised?
January 1930
How many peasant household had been collectivised by March 1930?
58%
There was a brief return to voluntary collectivisation after what article?
By October 1930 how many of the households were still collectivised?
Stalin’s ‘ dizzy with success article’
20%
When was Collectivisation Stage 2?
1930-1941
When were 100% of households collectivised?
1941
Name the two types of farm and their differences
Kolkhoz= combination of farms Sovkhoz= State farm, classified as workers and got paid by the state
In a kolkhoz
what did they have to produce for the state?
Who were they under the control of?
What happened to profit or leftover goods?
Produce quotas up to 40%
Under the control of a Communist Member
Profits were shared according to ‘labour days’
From 1932, Kolkhoz were able to sell left over products in a collective farm market- why was this significant?
Only free market permitted in USSR
