WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Under collectivization the peasantry were forced to give up their individual farms and join large collective farms (kolkhozy).

Detailed explanation-2: -kulak, (Russian: “fist”), in Russian and Soviet history, a wealthy or prosperous peasant, generally characterized as one who owned a relatively large farm and several head of cattle and horses and who was financially capable of employing hired labour and leasing land.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was the policy that involved forced consolidation of the various individual peasant households into collective farms. These collective farms were called ‘Kolkhozes’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Peasant resistance to collectivization took many forms: wanton slaughter of livestock, women’s riots ( bab’i bunty ), theft and destruction of collective farm property, and, perhaps most widely spread, an intentionally slow pace in carrying out directives of the kolkhoz administration.