The Communes

The Communes

• 30 million people died from 1958-1962
• First commune established in 1958 
• By the end of 1958 there were 26,000 communes across the country 
• 99% of the peasant population lived in a commune by the end of the year
• 90% of women worked in agriculture between 1958 and 1959, liberated from housework 
• In reality women had to work in the fields and look after children as communes had no money
• 1958 four pests campaign was…