Collectivisation

Question 1

When was the famine in Ukraine and how many people died?

Answer 1

1931/32- around 5 million people died

Question 2

When was forced collectivisation announced, when was it withdrawn, and when was it reinstated?

Answer 2

1929 announced
1930 paused
1931 restarted

Question 3

How many villages had been collectivised by 1932?

Answer 3

Around 2/3 of them

Question 4

How many Kulaks had been eliminated by 1934?

Answer 4

7 million

Question 5

By which year had 99% of land been collectivised?

Answer 5

1939

Question 6

How many state run farms were there by 1939?

Answer 6

4,000

Question 7

Who were the ‘Twenty-Five Thousanders and what did they do?

Answer 7

They were a collective name for the frontline workers who moved from the urban areas to the rural in order to help the farming effort

Question 8

How much grain was procured/produced in 1928, 1930 and 1933?

Answer 8

1928: 11 million tons procured, 75 million tons produced
1930: 22m procured, 85m produced
1933: 22m procured, 70m produced

Question 9

What were the MTS(es) and how many were there by 1940?

Answer 9

Machine Tractor Stations. By 1940, there was one per 40 collective farms