Economic and social changes, 1924–41 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Collectivisation definition
Collectivisation definition
Stalin's policy: combine small farms into large collective farms (kolkhoz)
Kolkhoz
Kolkhoz
Large collective farms
MTS (Machine Tractor Stations) role
MTS (Machine Tractor Stations) role
Provided tractors & machinery to collective farms
% arable land collectivised by 1933
% arable land collectivised by 1933
83%
% farmland collectivised by 1935
% farmland collectivised by 1935
90%
% peasant households in collective farms by 1933
% peasant households in collective farms by 1933
64%
1932-33 famine death toll
1932-33 famine death toll
At least 3.3 million people
Kulaks
Kulaks
Wealthy peasants
Private plots: % of USSR food vs % of area
Private plots: % of USSR food vs % of area
30% of food from only 4% of area
Holodomor
Holodomor
Ukrainian famine, 1932-33
Ukrainian famine deaths
Ukrainian famine deaths
Approx. 3 million Ukrainians
Year rationing ended
Year rationing ended
1934
Kolkhozniks
Kolkhozniks
Collective farm workers
Year 'liquidation of kulaks as a class' announced
Year 'liquidation of kulaks as a class' announced
1929
Main purposes of collectivisation
Main purposes of collectivisation
Modernise farming & support industrialisation