A2 FP1 : Success of Collectivisation

Question 1

When did grain production exceeed pre-collectivisation levels?

Answer 1

Grain production began to recover slowly but did not exceed pre-collectivisation levels until 1935.

Question 2

When did meat production surpass pre-collectivisation levels?

Answer 2

Meat production did not pass pre-collectivisation levels until 1953.

Question 3

What do Corin and Fiehn say about the economic impact of collectivisation?

Answer 3

Corin and Fiehn say that, “economically, collectivisation was a disaster, grain harvests dropped dramatically and didn’t recover until the late 1930s.”

Question 4

Did collectivisation succeed?

Answer 4

Collectivisation had succeeded in providing the resources for industrialisation, however, valuable resources, time and effort had to be diverted away from industry to agriculture to build tractors for example, send out agronomists, activists and secret police.

Question 5

What does Roy Medvedev say about the impact of collectivisation on the peasantry?

Answer 5

Roy Medvedev estimates that some ten million peasants were dispossed between 1929 and 1932.