HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
an economic treaty with China.
|
|
|
closer economic ties with the United States.
|
|
|
reforms that increased food surpluses in the Soviet Union.
|
|
|
a destructive famine in the Ukraine.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -This caused a major famine in the countryside (1932–33) and the deaths of millions of peasants. Despite these great costs, the forced collectivization achieved the final establishment of Soviet power in the countryside.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the same time, Stalin decreed the First Five Year Plan, which included the collectivization of agriculture, effectively ending the NEP. Collectivization gave the Soviet state direct control over Ukraine’s rich agricultural resources and allowed the state to control the supply of grain for export.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ethnic discrimination, and lack of favoured industries According to some scholars, collectivization in the Soviet Union and lack of favoured industries were primary contributors to famine mortality (52% of excess deaths), and some evidence shows there was discrimination against ethnic Ukrainians and Germans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The dreadful famine that engulfed Ukraine, the northern Caucasus, and the lower Volga River area in 1932-1933 was the result of Joseph Stalin’s policy of forced collectivization.