Causes and course of collectivisation

Why collectivisation happened in Stalin's Russia.

What happened during collectivisation.

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One ECONOMIC REASON for collectivisation was...
Stalin wanted to export grain for money
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If there was more efficient farming methods...
More peasants could go work in the factories
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IDEOLOGICAL REASON now:
The peasants had become "capitalist" so Communists thought that collectivisation is essential to stop them
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POLITICAL REASON...
It was part of the war against the moderate "Right" side of the party
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What happened in the trigger for collectivisation?
Peasants began hoarding grain, leading to extortionate prices, with Stalin blaming the Kulaks
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The COURSE of collectivisation: what happened between 1928-32
Massacre
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Did anyone die?
8 million people
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What date were all the peasants in collective farms?
1932
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What did Stalin do after?
Starve to death 7 million Ukranians as a punishment
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Who were responsible for killing most of the peasants?
OGPU, the army and Komosol
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Other name for the 'Twenty-Five Thousanders'?
The Stalin Youth Movement
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