was collectivisation successful

Question 1

dekulakisation

Answer 1

-peasants initially responded with violence to collectivisation
-they would destroy or hide grain rather than give it over to governments
-stalin blamed on capitalist kulaks
-introduced dekulakisation: removal of kulaks
-mass deportation and mass killings of kulaks
-1.5m kulaks sent to labour camps
-many other peasants resisted grain req
-led to fall in 83.5m tonnes of grain in 1930 to 67m tonnes of grain in 1934

Question 2

famine 1932-33

Answer 2

-collectivsation led to famine in ukraine
-ukraine unable to meet demands and resisted collectivisation the most
-stalin seized grain and livestock
-led to approx 5m deaths

Question 3

was collectivisation successful?

Answer 3

-despite issues it did achieve its aim
-more successful than NEP in acquisition of grain
-22.6m tonnes came from peasants, half in 1928
-led to increase in grain exports

however:
less productive than private
-410kg/hectare compared to 320kg/hectare
-private farms only 7%