Consequences of Colectivisation

“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:................................................................Page 18

Abstract

In this extended essay I chose to research about the effects that Stalin’s policy of collectivisation had on the USSR, both short-term and long-term. I chose the topic of collectivisation because it is a very interesting subject, as it had major impacts on the USSR, both short-term like a dramatic famine which is said to have ended the lives of over 6 million Soviet farmers or long-term, like the modernisation of Russia’s industry which resulted, mainly, in it being properly prepared to resist the German invasion in 1941 I researched wether it had a positive or a negative impact on the country at a social and economic level. I took into consideration several facts, like the elimination of entire peasant villages during the transfer of peasants to the collective farms, the famine that was caused by the lack of food in the countryside and the slaughter of cattle, sabotages of crops and burning down of houses, ranches and other property, carried out by the very owners of these. I got to the conclusion that although at first agricultural production seemed to improve as a cause of collectivisation, its negative effects soon became clear when the peasant population became affected by the strong famine in rural areas. I encountered several problems while writting this extended essay, as it was very hard to get a reasonable amount of bibliography, I began my research with Hosking’s The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union From

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