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- Collectivization - all peasants were to work on collective farms
- called Kolkhoz, all land was pooled together
- Party officials monitored their output
- By 1932, 62% of all peasants collectivized
- Kulaks wealthier peasants who owned their own farms
- They were killed or sent to Gulags in Siberia
- Seen as a threat to collectivization due to their free enterprise ideals
- called Kolkhoz, all land was pooled together
- Party officials monitored their output
- By 1932, 62% of all peasants collectivized
- Kulaks wealthier peasants who owned their own farms
- They were killed or sent to Gulags in Siberia
- Seen as a threat to collectivization due to their free enterprise ideals
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All peasants had to work on collective farms. The Kulaks (wealthier people) were not happy because they would now have to share their earnings. People who protested, or did not get the job done were killed, or sent to Gulags in Siberia.