➢ Collectivization: introduced by Stalin which wiped out the Kulaks, those who opposed the First 5 Year Plan – this led to famine and the deaths of millions – it was required of peasants to sell a large portion of their food production at a cheap price but did let them sell the extra food - essentially, it destroyed the idea of private ownership and grouped together tinier farms privately owned by peasants and created larger farms, beginning in 1928. The belief behind this was that by grouping together peasants’ land and food production, the government would have an easier time controlling the regulation of food in order to feed employees in Russia’s new factories. Those who opposed of this were known as “Kulaks” and were punished severely.
