In the 1920s, the leader of the Bolsheviks, Vladimir Lenin, distanced the newly formed government from the policies of War Communism through a series of decrees. Under War Communism, the Bolshevik Party practiced class warfare against the peasants and justified the use of force to carry out grain requisitioning, this led to repression and violent disturbances in the countryside, the Bolsheviks relied on these methods to retain power and win the war. By examining the origins of the policy of collectivization in the Soviet Union under Stalin, the conflicts that arose from this policy and the ultimate consequences for the Kulaks and rural poor of Russia, it will be evident that the Bolsheviks used this policy to assume power and absolute dictatorship.
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This was due to the harsh system of collectivization. Stalin was a very naive when it came to the Russian peasants. He didn’t care about them as people but was able to use them as a leap to complete power. The effect of collectivization was harsh on the peasants. When it came to industrial workers the 5 year plans improved their living conditions and gave them better wages, but there housing was poor. Overall he had a positive effect on them because they got free medical and free education. This was better than what they had before. Army officers, managers, and party leaders did well. These were the social elite in the USSR. So overall he made the people living in cities life easier but he killed several peasants and made their life’s unhappy.As a conclusion, Stalin had negative and positive effects on his people. His policy on peasants was very harsh and he didn’t treat them as equals. On industrial workers, their life’s not made a lot better. They were being paid steady wages with lots of free health care and education. Although there housing was poor they were earning better money for an easier job. As for the social elite, their life’s not made easier. But they were sometimes the victims of the purges made by
This was due to the harsh system of collectivization. Stalin was a very naive when it came to the Russian peasants. He didn’t care about them as people but was able to use them as a leap to complete power. The effect of collectivization was harsh on the peasants. When it came to industrial workers the 5 year plans improved their living conditions and gave them better wages, but there housing was poor. Overall he had a positive effect on them because they got free medical and free education. This was better than what they had before. Army officers, managers, and party leaders did well. These were the social elite in the USSR. So overall he made the people living in cities life easier but he killed several peasants and made their life’s unhappy.As a conclusion, Stalin had negative and positive effects on his people. His policy on peasants was very harsh and he didn’t treat them as equals. On industrial workers, their life’s not made a lot better. They were being paid steady wages with lots of free health care and education. Although there housing was poor they were earning better money for an easier job. As for the social elite, their life’s not made easier. But they were sometimes the victims of the purges made by