Collectivisation What? Communal farms‚ Kolkhoz‚ were set up all over the countryside‚ for a variety of different reasons. Stalin planned to merge all the small farms onto larger ’collective’ farms. These new larger farms (Kolkhoz’s) would pool labour and resources‚ and therefore would operate more effectively and efficiency. In addition‚ state provided tractors and fertilisers would modernise production‚ again making the operations more efficient. Why? Stalin had a variety of different
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What methods did Stalin use to control the Soviet Union? There are several methods Stalin had introduced to obtain control over the Soviet Union by directing individual policies and techniques into a particular group. Early on the time Stalin had seized power over Russia‚ he had immediately brought out his version of the cult of personality. It was also referred as the ’cult of Stalin’. As a technique it was brought out to push the glorification of Stalin into every corner of the work place
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The process of industrialising a country is usually a long and drawn out one‚ but during the late 20’s Staling saw a need for a rapid industrialisation of Russia in order to bring it up to par with the remainder of Europe and the world. Although speeded up‚ the process took over 10 years‚ with the death of many. It began at the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in December 1927‚ Joseph Stalin attacked the left by expelling Trotsky and his supporters from the party and then
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but believed that past has to be repected. OR Believed in acquiring new territories for settlement. Would enhance the area of his mother country. Would also enhance the material resources. All peasants were forced to cultivate in collective farms (Kolkhoz) The bulk of Land and implements were transferred to the ownership of collective farms. Those who resisted collectivisation programme were severly punished. (Any other relevant point) OR Fought wars on loans‚ paid war separation in gold‚ this depleted
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“An analysis of the effects of collectivisation on the USSR” Contents page Abstract.......................................................................Page 2-3 Introduction..................................................................Page 4-7 Investigation................................................................Page 8-15 Conclusion...................................................................Page 16-17 Bibliography:....................................................
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Primary Source for 04/28/2010‚ Joseph Stalin: Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death in 1924. In 1928 Stalin began the First Five-Year Plan‚ an ambitious attempt to quickly modernize the Soviet economy. In the speech below‚ given in 1933 to the Central Committee of the Communist Party‚ Stalin explained the goals and results of the Five-Year Plan. The fundamental task of the Five-Year Plan was to convert the U.S.S.R. from an agrarian and weak country‚ dependent
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Stalin’s Five Year Plans What were they The Five Year Plans were a series of nationalized plans for the economic development of the Soviet Union When First Plan (1928-1933) Second Plan (1933-1937) Third Plan (1938-1941) Purpose One of Stalin’s main goals was to increase the output of industrial goods‚ and he placed emphasis on electrical power‚ capital goods (ex. coal‚ iron‚ and machinery)‚ and agriculture. Stalin wanted to make the Soviet Union’s economy self-sufficient
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Joseph Stalin was one of the most influential dictators of the 20th century. He cleverly gained and maintained control of the Communist USSR and today is considered both a monster and a revolutionary. Stalin‚ throughout the duration of his rule‚ concentrated on the internalised and localised revolutionary development of the Soviet Union. Stalin desired a revival of communist revolutionary ideas and the creation of a truly socialist society‚ contrary to the direction his predecessor‚ Lenin‚ and his
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Stalin transformed Russia from a backward country into a great world power however the cost was certainly exorbitant After becoming the leader of Russia‚ a country which was struggling‚ Stalin stated that Russia ‘was 50 to 100 years behind advanced countries’ Stalin knew that he had to modernise Russia and fast‚ or they may face the reality of ‘being crushed by his opponents.’ To make up the vast difference between the agrarian countries he had‚ and the superpower he dreamt about. Stalin decided
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STALIN: PEOPLES HERO OR MONSTER? (1928-1941) Were the Five-Year Plans and Collectivisation policies successful? Stalin’s five-year plans and collectivisation policies were not the first attempt to reorganise the soviet workforce. The New Economic Policy was applied in March 1921‚ which was a mixture of socialism and capitalism. By 1927 the NEP had revived Soviet industry to 1913 levels and was successful in heavy goods‚ however agriculture was in turmoil. Stalin would no longer allow
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