R2020th&21st

The Character of and changes in agricultural production and organization. 20th and 21st century

Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, wanted to rid Russia of capitalism. He created the five year plan which called for rapid industrialization of the economy but also transformed Soviet agriculture. Individual farms transformed into a system of large collective farms. The communists believed collectivization would increase agricultural productivity and would produce enough food to feed the growing urban labor force. Stalin thought the government was losing money from the small individual farms that were privately trading so he forced the farmers to live and work on large state-run farms. The government saw these farms as was of getting money and collectivization was a way for them to get involved.

Beers, George. //Russian Collectivization.// __Master and Margarita.__ April 15, 2009. []