HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Many peasants, especially Kulaks, killed their own animals, burnt and hid their grains
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A new class of wealthy peasants (Kulaks) formed
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Peasants could own small farms
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Number of peasants increased due to collectivization
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under collectivization the peasantry were forced to give up their individual farms and join large collective farms (kolkhozy). The process was ultimately undertaken in conjunction with the campaign to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the height of Collectivization in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s, people who were identified as kulaks were subjected to deportation and extrajudicial punishments. They were frequently murdered in local campaigns of violence, while others were formally executed after they were convicted of being kulaks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The consequences of collectivisation and confusion in industrial production under planned economy was criticised by many within the party. By 1939, over 2 million were put in labour camps or prisons by Stalin and his sympathisers as they faced criticism. Critics were accused as conspirators against Socialism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kulak-“ Fist” in Russian. It was the term used to demonize farm owners during collectivization. Ku-laks resisted collectivization. Millions were exiled to forced labor camps or killed as a result.
Detailed explanation-5: -Failure of collective farms to meet procurement quotas had dire consequences for their members. It meant that no matter how many labordays (the unit of accounting according to which collective farmers were paid) kolkhozniks worked, there was nothing to pay them.