WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -collectivization, policy adopted by the Soviet government, pursued most intensively between 1929 and 1933, to transform traditional agriculture in the Soviet Union and to reduce the economic power of the kulaks (prosperous peasants).

Detailed explanation-2: -In many cases, the immediate effect of collectivization was the reduction of output and the cutting of the number of livestock in half. The subsequent recovery of the agricultural production was also impeded by the losses suffered by the Soviet Union during World War II and the severe drought of 1946.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of ‘collectivize’ If farms or factories are collectivized, they are brought under state ownership and control, usually by combining a number of small farms or factories into one large one.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Collectivisation programme began in 1929. All peasants were forced to cultivate in collective farms (Kolkhoz) by the Party. The ownership of collective farms received the implements and bulk of land. Kolkhoz profit was shared and peasants worked on the land.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stalin’s first five-year plan can be characterized as a success in that it achieved its stated goals of collectivizing agriculture in order to begin the large-scale industrialization of the economy.