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Explain measures taken by Stalin to solve the problem of acute shortages of grains?
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Measures taken by Stalin to solve the problem of acute shortages of grains were
- To confiscate supplies, speculation had to be stopped .
- Eliminate kulaks .
- Introduction of Collective farms (kolkhoz).
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Measures taken by Stalin to solve the problem of acute shortages of grains were
- Stalin believed that in the hope of higher prices, rich peasants and traders in the countryside were holding stocks . So to confiscate supplies, speculation had to be stopped .
- In 1928 , Party members toured the grain-producing areas , supervising enforced grain collections , and raiding ‘kulaks’ – the name for well-to-do peasants . To develop modern farms , and run them along industrial lines with machinery , it was necessary to ‘eliminate kulaks’ , take away land from peasants , and establish state-controlled large farms .
- What followed was Stalin’s collectivisation programme . From 1929 , the Party forced all peasants to cultivate in collective farms ( kolkhoz ). The bulk of land and implements were transferred to the ownership of collective farms . Peasants worked on the land , and the kolkhoz profit was shared .
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