Consequences of Collectivisation Flashcards
1
Q
What are the factors?
A
Political
Effects on rural areas
Industrialisation and Urbanisation
2
Q
Explain the Political factors
inc. the result for Stalin
A
> Increasing anger towards communist party
United the Party behind Stalin - fear of Civil War and Left Wings
Stalin emerged stronger than ever before
3
Q
Explain the effects on rural areas as a factor
A
> Devastating effects on Peasantry
Mechanisation - tractors meant less horses and surplus workers
Success = all farms were collectivised by 1941 - however are great social costs
4
Q
Explain the industrialisation and urbanisation factor
A
> Grain export increased
Living conditions dropped drastically - slums
Blamed ‘Kulak spirits’ - increased workers suspicions of socialism in the countryside
