STALIN'S COLLECTIVIZATION POLICY

WHY WAS
COLLECTIVIZATION
IMPORTANT TO
STALIN?
Collectivization: A policy, pursued between 1928
and 1933, to consolidate individual land and
labour into state farms.

Arianna Toledo

Stalin introduced the Collectivization Policy, because he needed to

maintain his power over Russia. To achieve this, he had to keep every
social class happy, in fear of a revolution. Collectivization was used to
increase grain production levels and reduce food shortages to feed the
workers. Everything sold would fund industrialization, and increase it.
Moreover, he used Collectivization as an excuse to destroy his
opposition.

MAIN ARGUMENTS:

FOOD INDUSTRIAL DESTROY

SHORTAGES INCREASE OPPOSITION
One reason why the Another reason why the A third reason why the
Collectivization Policy Collectivization Policy was Collectivization Policy was so
so important to Stalin was important to Stalin was
was so important to
because he needed a because he wanted an
Stalin was because he excuse to destroy the kulaks,
wanted more food to feed surplus of food to sell
who believed in private
abroad, overseas, to bring
the workers in the ownership, not communism.
money to the industries,
industries. The food The farmers produced for
which would increase themselves and their profits,
shortages would be industrialization. He needed this led communists to believe
solved through people to leave the land collectivization was essential
increasing the grain and go to work in industry, if the capitalist peasants were
production levels. to increase industrialization. to embrace socialism.

IMPACT OF COLLECTIVIZATION:

1. It was a success because in 1937, grain

production rose to nearly 100 million tonnes,
although the numbers of animals never
recovered.
2. Also, Russia sold large quantities of grain to
other countries, providing the funds for
industrialization.
3. Furthermore, 17 million people left the
countryside to go to work in the towns, to
increase both industrialization and Overall, we can see that
collectivization. collectivization was
4. Moreover, the peasants were closely under important for Stalin given
the government's control, which would refrain that he wanted to
them from revolting. increase the grain
5. There was a human cost; the kulaks (3 million) production, increase
were eliminated. industrialization, and
6. Additionally, there were famines in 1930 and eliminate the opposition.
1932-3 when 5 million people starved to death.