Economics - Stalin - Flashcards in A Level and IB History

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1926

Record Harvest Grain

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1927-1928

Decreasing Grain Harvest

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1927-1929

Grain Procurement Crisis

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1928

Voluntary collectivisation drive

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1928-1929

Emergency Measures - rationing and grain requisitioning reintroduced

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1929

November - Decree sending out the Twenty Five Thousanders, December - Forced Collectivisations ordered

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1930

January - Stalin approves 'Decree on Measures for the Elimination of Kulak Households', March - Stalin publishes 'Dizzy with Success' - temporary halt, Kulaks leave collective farms

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1931

Stalin restarts enforced collectivisations

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1932-1934

Widespread Famine

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1941

100% of farms collectivised

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What was collectivisation?

The process by which Russian Agriculture was reformed. Stalin planned to merge all the small farms into larger 'collective farms' . These new farms would pool the labour and resources and therefore operate more effectively.

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How would they modernise Collectives?

State provided tractors and fertilisers would modernise production.

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Why should they collectivise?

It was the Communist Long term aims for agriculture. However, in early 1929, few Communist could have predicted the speed with which this system would be introduced.

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What happened in the years 1927, 28, 29 ?(Why collectivise - Economic)

In 1926 Russia saw record harvests but in the following years they were all poor.

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What was the effect of the poor harvests (27/8/9)? (Why collectivise - Economic)

Led to a decrease in production forcing the prices of agriculture produce up. Consequently, the standard of living amongst urban workers declined. The decrease in agricultural production also affected the Soviet Government.

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