How should The collectivization of agriculture under Stalin be characterized ?
Simply put, collectivization of agriculture under Stalin amounted to taking land away from private land owners and put it in the hands of the state to do with as they wished. It never worked. It resulted in a massive amount of deaths due to hunger of his fellow “Comrades”. For many years the United States sold millions of tons of wheat to the USSR. We had too much and the USSR didn’t have nearly enough. There are pictures of people lined up around the block in USSR cities just to buy bread.
Every five year or ten year plan ended up in a complete failure for the collective farming under the Stalin and every other regime~ even in Cuba this was a failure Although successful at times the five year plans were largely unsuccessful because of the extreme militaristic tactics used to increase production Russian History Reign of Stalin–Five Year Plans First Five Year Plan The five year plan was created in 1928 to expedite the industrialization of Russia and increase production of coal, steel and iron. Citing the growth and power other industrialized countries had achieved; Stalin created the five year plan in order to catch up with the rest of the industrialized world. The plan attempted to make the USSR self-sufficient by a state takeover of all firms and businesses. Each business or factory was required to meet a quota through a system called Collectivization. During the first five year plan dams, railroads, canals, mines and factories were built. Most of the structures were bu
