The impact of collectivisation

The famine (1932-33)
The 1932 and 1933 harvests were poor and failed to meet quotas, for example, the harvest of 1933 was 10 million tonnes less than that of 1926

• Activists sent from the cities  did not have knowledge of farming methods
• There were not enough animals to pull ploughs as peasants had eaten or destroyed them
• The MTS did not provide enough tractors
• Peasants gained nothing from collective land and so refused to work hard on it
• There was a drought

Nevertheless, the regime enforced their…