WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Collectivization-The policy of transferring the own-ership of private farmland to the state. The Soviet state in the 1930s seized land and set up collective farms where workers would produce grain for the state to distribute. The policy proved disastrous for grain pro-duction levels.

Detailed explanation-2: -collectivization. noun [ U ] us/kəˌlek·tə·vəˈzeɪ·ʃən/ politics & government. the organization of all of a country’s production and industry into government ownership and management.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Collectivization programs 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 the land. Kolkhoz profit was shared and peasants worked on the land.

Detailed explanation-4: -There was acute shortage of grain in 1927. The government had fixed the price of grain but the peasants did not want to sell to the government at these prices. Rich peasants or ‘kulaks’ were raided and grain stocks confiscated. Stalin enforced collectivization of farms as solution to grain shortage.