Economy and Society: Developments in the Countryside (AQA A-Level History): Quizzes
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When did livestock numbers recover to their pre-collectivisation levels?
When did livestock numbers recover to their pre-collectivisation levels?
1953
What percentage of cattle, pigs & sheep were slaughtered between 1929 and 1933?
What percentage of cattle, pigs & sheep were slaughtered between 1929 and 1933?
25 to 30 per cent
When did grain production surpass pre-collectivisation levels?
When did grain production surpass pre-collectivisation levels?
After 1935
What expertise did Party activists assigned to establish collective farms possess?
What expertise did Party activists assigned to establish collective farms possess?
No agricultural expertise or experience
Did collectivisation serve Stalin's political or economic objectives more effectively?
Did collectivisation serve Stalin's political or economic objectives more effectively?
Political objectives
Which historian argued the famine resulted from deliberate policy?
Which historian argued the famine resulted from deliberate policy?
Robert Conquest
Which right-wing Communist Party members lost influence due to opposing collectivisation?
Which right-wing Communist Party members lost influence due to opposing collectivisation?
Bukharin and Rykov
What happened to class differences in the countryside?
What happened to class differences in the countryside?
They were abolished
What happened to grain export volumes during collectivisation?
What happened to grain export volumes during collectivisation?
They rose
Which group endured particular suffering during the 1932-1933 famine?
Which group endured particular suffering during the 1932-1933 famine?
Ukrainian peasantry