The decision to collectivise (11) Flashcards
What happened between late 1927 and December 1929?
Intense debates within the Party culminated in the decision to push through a massive acceleration o collectivisation, to be imposed by force if necessary.
Name 3 factors that were behind the drive towards collectivisation?
1) The grain procurement crisis in the winter of 1927 to 19128.
2) The need for increased food supplies to support the expansion of the industrial workforce for the Five Year Plan.
3) An ideological conviction that collectivisation was the right socialist path to follow, and that the “rich peasants” were an obstacle in the way of progress.
How did Stalin stop “speculation”?
Stalin’s officials and police went across the region, closing free markets, using the criminal law (Article 107).
By summer 1928 what was Bukharin’s political position?
It was weakening; he found himself outvoted more and more often, both in the Politburo and in the Central Committee.
What happened in October with the “Bukharinists”?
They lost the majority they had previously held in the Moscow party.
What happened in November with Stalin and Bukharin?
Stalin felt strong enough to make direct attacks on Bukharin, charging him with “Right deviation”.
When did the drive for forced collectivisation steadily gain momentum?
During 1929
Was forced collectivisation popular?
It was popular with many Party members and local officials; it was pushed ever more strongly from the centre.
What did the Central Committee introduce?
A policy of sending 25,000 industrial workers into the countryside to accelerate the development of collective farms.
What did Stalin announce in December 1929?
Stalin announced to the Party Congress his readiness to impose forced collectivisation without any restraint: to “smash the kulaks as a class”.
